If You Were a Tree… – Fan Questions | StarTalk

I’d want to be planted in a wide-open

I’d want to be planted in a wide-open meadow so that every one of my branches

meadow so that every one of my branches

meadow so that every one of my branches can receive all the sunlight at once I

can receive all the sunlight at once I

can receive all the sunlight at once I don’t want to have to compete for the

don’t want to have to compete for the

don’t want to have to compete for the photons from the Sun which is what goes

photons from the Sun which is what goes

photons from the Sun which is what goes on daily hourly in a forest especially

on daily hourly in a forest especially

on daily hourly in a forest especially rainforests where there’s the canopy and

rainforests where there’s the canopy and

rainforests where there’s the canopy and then everything else below has to be

then everything else below has to be

then everything else below has to be able to live without direct sunlight and

able to live without direct sunlight and

able to live without direct sunlight and the branches of the trees that keep

the branches of the trees that keep

the branches of the trees that keep reaching for the canopy those branches

reaching for the canopy those branches

reaching for the canopy those branches that are below they drop dead because

that are below they drop dead because

that are below they drop dead because there’s no sunlight to sustain them I

there’s no sunlight to sustain them I

there’s no sunlight to sustain them I don’t want to be just sort of a just

don’t want to be just sort of a just

don’t want to be just sort of a just leaves on the top I want full plumage I

leaves on the top I want full plumage I

leaves on the top I want full plumage I want to be old and wise in the middle of

want to be old and wise in the middle of

want to be old and wise in the middle of a meadow and there’s nothing more

a meadow and there’s nothing more

a meadow and there’s nothing more beautiful than a solitary tree in the

beautiful than a solitary tree in the

beautiful than a solitary tree in the middle of a field it invites you to sit

middle of a field it invites you to sit

middle of a field it invites you to sit under it I don’t have people come sit

under it I don’t have people come sit

under it I don’t have people come sit under my branches and add a dimension of

under my branches and add a dimension of

under my branches and add a dimension of romance to their lives

romance to their lives

romance to their lives under the branches of my tree one risk

under the branches of my tree one risk

under the branches of my tree one risk however if you are tree in the middle of

however if you are tree in the middle of

however if you are tree in the middle of a meadow or in the middle of a field is

a meadow or in the middle of a field is

a meadow or in the middle of a field is that you will get hit by lightning all

that you will get hit by lightning all

that you will get hit by lightning all right

right

right lightning does not like moving through

lightning does not like moving through

lightning does not like moving through air and if you’re reaching up in to the

air and if you’re reaching up in to the

air and if you’re reaching up in to the air it’s gonna go through basically your

air it’s gonna go through basically your

air it’s gonna go through basically your wet bark the lightning will pass through

wet bark the lightning will pass through

wet bark the lightning will pass through your wet bark and before it connects the

your wet bark and before it connects the

your wet bark and before it connects the cloud to the ground but maybe that’s

cloud to the ground but maybe that’s

cloud to the ground but maybe that’s worth it so that all the time until I’m

worth it so that all the time until I’m

worth it so that all the time until I’m struck by lightning where it amputates

struck by lightning where it amputates

struck by lightning where it amputates one of my limbs I think it’ll be worth

one of my limbs I think it’ll be worth

one of my limbs I think it’ll be worth it up to that moment for having a

it up to that moment for having a

it up to that moment for having a completely full plumage as an ornament

completely full plumage as an ornament

completely full plumage as an ornament in the center of the field