Hanging Tree Lyrics

Lyric discussion by worldofnoise 

Cover art for Hanging Tree lyrics by Counting Crows

Great song. It falls within the first part of the album, Saturday Nights (when you sin), as opposed to the second part Sunday Mornings (when you repent) and fits in pretty well. I believe its basically saying he lives a whirlwind life with lots of wild habits which are also the sources of his problems. The verses are kind of non-sensical and random, fitting in with the type of personality he has (child of a lion, born inside the sun)