Your mama is crazy   And your daddy's evasive   And they probably won't leave you alone   Between the neighborhood screaming   And the laundry and the t.v.   You can hardly hear the cellular phone   You feel stress, you need a rest   Too many things you've got to get off your chest   To be free to get some peace   You have to live in a tree      You gave away your stereo   And kept your pocket radio   And threw away the keys to your car   Then you loaded up a t-shirt   Booked a ticket on a steamer   And you boarded it for zanzibar   You had stress, you needed rest   Too many things you had to get off your chest   To be free to get some peace   You had to live in a tree      "live in a tree"   Friday may 3, 1996