The Daily Boost #766

Grow your own

GROW YOUR OWN
Michael Mark & Tom Chapin

In first grade they give you a little paper cup,
Potting soil to fill it up,
Teacher sends you home with a pumpkin seed.
Put it in a window, warm and light,
Give a little drink each and every night.
Sunshine and water are all you need
To grow your own, grow your own.
Soon you'll see the very first bloom
Of your own little farm
In your own little room,  grow your own.

Refrain:
Diddle ee diddle eye diddle-iddle dee doh (3x)
Just grow your own

A few years later in Earth Science class
Clear a little corner of the high school grass
Fence and trellis and rows of seeds
Chess team'll come and measure the plants
Dance club'll water them before they dance
Football team come and pull the weeds
Grow your own, grow your own

Friends in the garden on bended knee
Sprouting like a bean or a sugar pea
Grow your own

Refrain

Someday you'll be living on the 14th floor
High up above the city's roar
Clear a little space on the balcony
Get soil and seeds and red clay pots
Cultivate cukes and cherry tomats
A whole bunch of basil and parsley
Grow your own, grow your own
Pesto sauce has extra charm
When it's grown in your very own
High-rise farm, grow your own

Refrain

Someday you'll be walkin' past an empty lot
Your friends and you will hatch a plot
To bring it back to life once more
So you clean out the garbage
And the cans of oil
Spread some clean organic soil
Make a city garden with an open door
Grow your own, grow your own
'Cause food tastes better when you grow it up
From a city garden or a paper cup
Just grow your own

Refrain

For a little-bitty kid or a full-grown man
Or a little old lady with a watering can
It's all the same and simple plan
Just grow your own

(My thanks to Tom Chapin via Caffe Lena.)

The Gentle Nudge

No Poetry Pick-Me-Up this week due to the July 4th holiday.