Garden Song Lyrics - Arlo Guthrie

Inch by inch, row by row 

Gonna make this garden grow 

Gonna mulch it deep and low 

Gonna make it fertile ground 

Inch by inch, row by row 

Please bless these seeds I sow 

Please keep them safe below 

'Til the rain comes tumbling down 

Pullin' weeds and pickin' stones 

We are made of dreams and bones 

Need a place to call my own 

'Cause the time is close at hand 

Grain for grain, sun and rain 

Find my way in nature's chain 

Till my body and my brain 

Tell the music of the land 

Inch by inch, row by row 

Gonna make this garden grow 

Gonna mulch it deep and low 

Gonna make it fertile ground 

Plant your rows straight and long 

Season with a prayer and song 

Mother Earth will make you strong 

If you give her loving care 

Inch by inch, row by row 

Gonna make this garden grow 

Gonna mulch it deep and low 

Gonna make it fertile ground 

Slug by slug, weed by weed 

Boy this garden's got me t'd 

All the insects come to feed 

On my tomato plants 

Sunburt face, skinned up knees 

The kitchen's choked with zucchinis 

I'm shopping at the A&P's 

Next time I get the chance 

Old crow watching from a tree 

He's got his hungry eye on me 

In my garden I'm as free 

As that feathered thief up there 

Inch by inch, row by row 

Gonna make this garden grow 

Gonna mulch it deep and low 

Gonna make it fertile ground