Inch by inch, row by row

Gonna make this garden grow

All it takes is a rake and a hoe

And a piece of fertile ground



Inch by inch, row by row

Someone bless these seeds I sow

Someone warm them from below

Till the rain comes tumblin down



Pullin weeds and pickin stones

Man is made of dreams and bones

Feel the need to grow my own

Cause the time is close at hand



Rainful rain, sun and rain

Find my way in natures chain

Tune my body and my brain

To the music from the land



Plant your rows straight and long

Temper them with prayer and song

Mother Earth will make you strong

If you give her love and care



Old crow watchin hungrily

From his perch in yonder tree

In my garden Im as free

As that feathered thief up there



Words and music by Dave Mellett