Garden Song Songtext

von Paul Stookey

Inch by inch, row by row
Gonna make this garden grow
All it takes is a rake and a hoe
And a piece of fertile ground
Inch by inch, row by row
Someone bless these seeds I sow
Someone warm them from below
Till the rains comes tumbling down

Pullin' weeds and pickin' stones,
Man is made of dreams and bones
I feel the need to grow my own
Cause the time is close at hand
Grain for grain, sun and rain
I'll find my way in nature's chain
Tune my body and my brain
To the music from the land

Plant your rows straight and long,
Temper them with prayer and song
Mother earth can make you strong
If you give her love and care
An old crow watching hungrily
From his perch in yonder tree
In my garden I'm as free
As that feathered thief up there