Barbra Streisand - Make Our Garden Grow lyrics
[Barbra Streisand - Make Our Garden Grow lyrics]
Thank you
This next song
With music by Leonard Bernstein
And actually lyrics by Richard Wilbur, is
A reminder of what's really important in life
There's a Greek proverb that says, "A
Society grows when old men plant trees whose
Shade they know they will never sit
In" And I find that very moving
Because it's not about instant gratification
You know? It's about concern for
Generations to come yeah
And we have been gifted with this
Amazing planet now I think we
Are Mother Nature's guardians and it's our
Responsibility to keep her healthy
For our children's children's children
So maybe we have to learn to
Go back to what is simple
You know? It's time to plant the trees whose
Shade we know we will never
Sit in because if we
Don't do it, who will? And if not know
When?
You've been a fool and so have I
But come, I'll be your wife
And let us try before we die
To make some sense of life
We're neither pure nor wise nor good
We'll do the best we know
We'll build our house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow
And make our garden grow
I thought the world was sugar cake
For so our master said
But now I'll teach my hands to bake
Our loaf of daily bread
We're neither pure nor wise nor good
We'll do the best we know
We'll build our house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow
And make our garden grow
Let dreamers dream what worlds they please
Those Edens can't be found
The sweetest flowers, the fairest trees
Are grown in solid ground
We're neither pure nor wise nor good
We'll do the best we know
We'll build our house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow
And make our garden grow
Thank you thank you
This next song
With music by Leonard Bernstein
And actually lyrics by Richard Wilbur, is
A reminder of what's really important in life
There's a Greek proverb that says, "A
Society grows when old men plant trees whose
Shade they know they will never sit
In" And I find that very moving
Because it's not about instant gratification
You know? It's about concern for
Generations to come yeah
And we have been gifted with this
Amazing planet now I think we
Are Mother Nature's guardians and it's our
Responsibility to keep her healthy
For our children's children's children
So maybe we have to learn to
Go back to what is simple
You know? It's time to plant the trees whose
Shade we know we will never
Sit in because if we
Don't do it, who will? And if not know
When?
You've been a fool and so have I
But come, I'll be your wife
And let us try before we die
To make some sense of life
We're neither pure nor wise nor good
We'll do the best we know
We'll build our house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow
And make our garden grow
I thought the world was sugar cake
For so our master said
But now I'll teach my hands to bake
Our loaf of daily bread
We're neither pure nor wise nor good
We'll do the best we know
We'll build our house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow
And make our garden grow
Let dreamers dream what worlds they please
Those Edens can't be found
The sweetest flowers, the fairest trees
Are grown in solid ground
We're neither pure nor wise nor good
We'll do the best we know
We'll build our house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow
And make our garden grow
Thank you thank you