Victory Gardens Song

Lyrics

As a child I was proud to be an America

We had ingenuity and spirit

I see now we have

The highest percentage of our population in prison

The highest percentage of our population on medically prescribed mood altering drugs

The highest percentage of people with cancer

IN THE WHOLE WORLD

And I wonder, ARE WE STILL HERE

In my heart I know we are still here.

Song:

Last night I had this crazy dream

A world where no one was hungry

I woke up this morning and planted a tree.

Some day it will bear fruit for me.

Chorus:

Come and garden with me

Touch the earth and connect with your roots

FOOD does grow on trees

COME ON put on your gardening boots

Isn't it divine

To pick ripe tomatoes off the vine

No need to pout when the gas runs out

It not hard to have a garden in your back yard

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What if everyone had a garden

Why would anyone want a garden

I want a garden because I am outside

In the sun, the wind, the mist and the clouds

I really like playing in the dirt

And I get a prize

My salad, my dinner and my desert

Won't you come and garden with me.

Spend time with your family in the sun

Pick up your shovel and become as one

Notice the butterfly in the tree

Nature and man in har-mon-y

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Fertile soil fuels our life force

Tend it well and everything grows

Recycle your waste, make the most of your compost

Return it all to the source

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Now comes your favorite subject -- research

Studies show that prisoners who garden get out of prison and do not go back in.

People who are depressed who garden are no longer depressed

Gardening has helped people overcome cancer

Why

It connects us to our ingenuity and spirit

And I wonder, ARE WE STILL HERE

In my heart I know we are still here.

Won't you come and garden with me

I'll gladly garden with you.

What we do affects the world our children inherit

Help to alleviate future sorrow

Enjoy the bounty of nature as seen in the carrot

Enrich the world, plant a garden tomorrow

Chorus