Make Our Garden Grow

[Intro]
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?

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 3]
Let dreamers dream what worlds they please
Those Edens can't be found
The sweetest flowers, the fairest trees
Are grown in solid ground

[Chorus]
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

[Outro]
Thank you. Thank you.