It is easy to write a function to copy a binary tree:

(defun copy-tree (z)
  (if (consp z)
      (cons (copy-tree (first z))
            (copy-tree (rest z)))
      z) )

Why make an exact copy of a tree that we already have? Well, if we modify copy-tree slightly, we can make a copy with a substitution:

; substitute x for y in z
(defun subst (x y z)
  (if (consp z)
      (cons (subst x y (first z))
            (subst x y (rest z)))
      (if (eql z y) x z)) )

>(subst 'axolotl 'banana '(banana pudding))
(AXOLOTL PUDDING)

>(subst 10 'r '(* pi (* r r)))
(* PI (* 10 10))

>(eval (subst 10 'r '(* pi (* r r))))
314.15926535897933

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