Tori Amos - Hereinmyhead.com

i'm home again in my old narrow bed
where i grew tall and my feet hung over the end
and the low beam room with the window looking out
on the soft summer garden
where the boys grew in the trees

here i grew guilty
and no one was at fault
frightened by the power of every innocent thought
and the silent understanding passing down
from daughter to daughter
let the boys grow in the trees

do you go to them or do you let them come to you
do you stand in back afraid that you'll intrude
deny yourself and hope someone will see
and live like a flower
while the boys grow in the trees

last night i slept in sheets the color of fire
tonight i lie alone again and i curse my own desires
sentenced first to burn and then to freeze
and watch by the window
as the boys grew in the trees

do you go to them or do you let them come to you
do you stand in back afraid that you'll intrude
deny yourself and hope someone will see
and live like a flower
as the boys grow in the trees

last night i slept again in sheets the color of fire
tonight i lie alone again and i curse my own desires
sentenced first to burn and then to freeze....
watch by the window
where the boys grow in the trees
boys grow in the trees

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Tori has performed this song live, in-conert during the Pink Tour in Madison, WI on July 11, 1994; during the Dew Drop Inn Tour in Green Bay, WI on September 22, 1996; and during the Strange Little Tour in Oakland, CA on November 11, 2001. The first track can be found on the Tori Stories bootleg. She performed this song again recently during the On Scarlet's Walk Tour in Providence, RI on November 17, 2002.

"I used to listen to this song..like, over and over and over again... wishing i'd wrote this song..."
-- Tori intro to song; Green Bay, WI 09/22/96

"So I haven't done this in a long, long, long time. I got a little letter with a..thank god they sent me a little cd -- so um, i couldn't have remembered me ever doing it ever. so um, i'm at wherever -- some bootleg, very handy those things. and um, here we go..."
-- Tori intro to song; Oakland, CA 11/11/01