Garden Song

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 And inch by inch, and row by row Someone bless these seeds I sow Someone warm them from below Till the rain comes tumblin' down And pullin' weeds and pickin' stones Man is made of dreams and bones Feel the need to grow my own 'Cause the time is close at hand And rain for grain, sun and rain Find my way in nature's chain And tune my body and my brain To the music from the land Inch by inch and row by row Gonna make this garden grow All it takes is a rake and a hoe And a piece of fertile ground And inch by inch, and row by row Someone bless these seeds I sow And someone warm them from below Till the rain comes tumblin' down Plant your rows straight and long Temper them with prayer and song And mother earth will make you strong If you give her love and care An old crow watchin' hungrily From his perch in yonder tree And in my garden I'm as free As that feathered thief up there Inch by inch and row by row Gonna make this garden grow All it takes is a rake and a hoe And a piece of fertile ground And inch by inch, and row by row Someone bless these seeds I sow And someone warm them from below Till the rain comes tumblin' down