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Inch by inch, row by row, I'm gonna make this garden grow.
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All it takes is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground.
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Inch by inch, row by row, someone bless these seeds I sow.
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Someone warm them from below till the rain comes tumbling down.
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Pulling weeds and picking stones, we are made of dreams and bones.
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I feel the need to grow my own 'cause the time is close at hand.
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Grain for grain, sun and rain, I find my way in nature's chain,
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I tune my body and my brain to the music of the land.
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Verse 3:
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So, plant your rows straight and long and temper them with prayer and song.
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Mother earth can keep you strong if you give her love and care.
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Now, an old crow's watching hungrily from his perch in yonder tree.
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In my garden I'm as free as that feathered thief up there.
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