Oak tree resort

Deep in the woods
In a hollowed out oak
away from the city
the smog and the smoke

I've built a place, with my blood and my sweat
much more safe and secure than a tent
what was a den for a black bear I think
I made the hole bigger, it took me a week

With my knife and a rock
I labored a lot
I kept on working
my hands they were shot

I dug out a window up at the top
to keep my home cool, when it gets hot
plenty of fish in the stream that runs near
and ice cold water from a spring in the rear

I had the urge to name this place
and I have chosen tranquility base
never a finer shelter in the woods could there be
at least not a one that I could see

Safe from the weather and things bigger than me
to live in the woods fits me to a tee
I couldn't be happier I'm glad to report
to live in the woods in my oak tree resort

What do you say to a three hundred year oak
except that I love you
you've given me hope