I Talk to the Trees -unsurprisingly they don’t reply. Neither do the stars. Although performed solo, this short number is clearly addressed to another man’s wife, always a dangerous proposition, especially in a country where men routinely carry guns and at a time when they were not shy about using them. This song from the 1969 musical Paint Your Wagon is performed by Clint Eastwood as Pardner. It was composed by Frederick Loewe and written by Alan Jay Lerner. >>