Green Thumb

Not long ago I met someone
Who wasn't always what he's become
Now that he knows how to grow he's a real green thumb
He said gardens can get in a terrible state from planting early or watering late
Something's we control and some we leave to fate
There's no time like the present or time to wait
Get your back off the bed
The tools you need out of the shed
Simple as it can be
Grass grows the same as a tree so plant your garden carefully
He used to be lazy down to the core
That's why the health of his plants was poor
Repeating mistakes he'd made before
He'd just sit in his chair and watch the firewood burn
Summers pass and the leaves would turn
Nothing changed until he learned
You've got to get your back off the bed
The tools that you need get them out of the shed
Before you plant the seeds dig up the rocks and pull out the weeds

Tend your garden carefully
Don't waste another day
Without water we wither away
And if your hands get dirty that's fine
Picking fruit from of the vine
So if you want your crops to grow green and tall
And you want to harvest sometime in the fall
No task is too big no detail too small
We reap what we sow and after all
Get your back off the bed
The tools you need out of the shed
There are mouths to feed
Rain sun soil and seed
Plant your garden carefully
Tend your garden carefully
Plant your garden carefully