Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree Lyrics

Under the spreading chestnut tree
I sold you, you sold me
There lie they and here lid we
Under the spreading chestnut tree
I've never been alone
It's comfort to know
Leaves a chill in my bones
The written word is a lie
And our children are spies
Yet I don't want to die

Proof lies in the words that I write
But if I were to fight
Would it be worth my life
They sing whatever they choose
Only birds and proles do
Why should I not sing too?
What have I to loose?
Unless their price is you

You are the risk i will take
For every law I can break
Proves I am their mistake
Beaten and broken apart
Its science and art
But they can't break my heart

We will do whatever they ask
Staying out of their grasp
Was an impossible task

Their wrong outweighs their right
But how can I fight
When they threaten my life
Two and two equal five
In the place full of life

Under the spreading chestnut tree
I sold you, you sold me
There lie they and here lie we, under the spreading chestnut tree

I sit and waste away
In the corner Cafe
As a song starts to play
I stare into the eyes so stern
And as the bullet enters
I will live, I have learned

Under the spreading chestnut tree
I sold you, you sold me
There lie they, here lie we
Under the Spreading Chestnut tree.