Will you never leave, cut your ties? Grow roots in this place you love? Will you be there when I need a hand to hold through the winter months? When everything is gone, gone, gone like the leaves on the old oak tree, on the old oak tree. Light a candle, keep it burning brightly Shine it out across the sea. So we won't be two ships passing in the night silently... and let me tell you all my secrets. When everything is gone, gone, gone like the leaves on the old oak tree, on the old oak tree. Build a house, call it a home Stoke the fire to keep us warm, Engrave the words in an old oak tree My heart is your heart My heart is your heart. When everything is gone, gone, gone like the leaves on the old oak tree, on the old oak tree.