Keep a Green Tree in Your Heart

from EARTH by Charity and the JAMband

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Verse 1
When you were a tiny seed
Mother Earth met all your needs
So you put down roots, uncurled a sprout
And poked your tiny head right out

Verse 2
You stretched and strained to find the light
Sometimes left, and sometimes right
And you spread your arms as if to fly
Hugging earth and kissing sky

Chorus
Keep a green tree in your heart
And maybe the singing bird will come
And when she comes you better love her well
Oh the stories she can tell

Verse 3
You drank the rain, danced in the breeze
Caught the sunlight with your leaves
And performed a magic alchemy
To purify the air we breathe

Verse 4
You grew up strong and fine and true
Your story there in the shape of you
And you shared your heart with the honey bee
And all the singing birds like me

Chorus
Keep a green tree in your heart
And maybe the singing bird will come
And when she comes you better love her well
Oh the stories she can tell

Verse 5
Now seasons come, and seasons go
You listen, breathe, watch and know
Make a tiny seed, give it to the ground
And the circle of life goes round and round

Verse 6
And when you’ve grown up wise and old
Your work all done, your story told
You’ll fall back down to where you came from
I will hear you, I will come

Chorus
Keep a green tree in your heart
And maybe the singing bird will come
And when she comes you better love her well
Oh the stories she can tell

(Green tree...singing bird...love her
Green tree...littlest bird...love her
Green tree...singing bird...love her)

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from EARTH, released April 22, 2016

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