Marc Bolan & Wishbone Ash

This is What Martin Turner from Wishbone Ash wrote on his official website about the song he wrote which was inspired by Marc's tree:-

"A stirring piece of music, with lyrical references to the tree where former T-Rex leader Marc Bolan was tragically killed. "I'd drive past there a lot," recalls Martin Turner . "On this occasion I saw a sign that really hit me hard and the message written on there was "WHY DID YOU LEAVE US?" I thought it was a particularly powerful statement because at the time I was so mentally down and was becoming suicidal. I had two little daughters and that's what they would say if I wasn't here any more. I felt like the whole exercise that morning had turned me around. It's a very heavy song for me personally."

Bolan's monument!

It's the deep of night - I get up, and get out of bed,
Drive that road like I've done a thousand times before.
Don't know where I go in this still, cold, misty light;
Walk a lonely pathway, the river flows.
Message reads clear - "Why did you leave us?"
Now I know why I'm here - strange, what can heal us.
Bolan's monument, give me strength to walk on.
Now I'm face to face with my foolish soul,
There's a stagnant pool,
But he rises with grace and perfection.
Once in the garden, it's true, I may be naked,
But I've got direction.
Message reads clear - "Why did you leave us?"
Now I know why I'm here - strange, what can heal us.
Bolan's monument, give me strength to walk on

This is a link to the track:-

http://www.zshare.net/audio/68038733c77449d4/