A Bit of Earth
From "The Secret Garden"
Music by Lucy Simon, Lyrics by Marsha Norman


A bit of earth
She wants a little bit of earth
She'll plant some seeds
The seeds will grow,
The flowers bloom,
But is their beauty
What she needs?
How can she chance
To love a little bit of earth?
Does she not know?
The earth is old,
And doesn't care if
One small girl wants things to grow

She needs a friend.
She needs a father,
Brother, sister,
Mother's arms.
She needs to laugh.
She needs to dance
And learn to work
Her girlish charms.
She needs a home -
The only thing she really needs,
I cannot give.
Instead she asks
A bit of earth,
To make it live.

She should have a pony
Gallop cross the moor
She should have a doll's house
With a hundred rooms per floor
Why can't she ask for a treasure,
Something that money can buy
That won't die?
When I'd give her the world
She asks, instead
For some earth.

A bit of earth
She wants a little bit of earth
She'll plant some seeds
The seeds will grow,
The flowers bloom,
Their beauty just the thing she needs
She'll grow to love the tender roses,
Lilies fair, the iris tall
And then in fall, her bit of earth
Will freeze and kill them all.

A bit of earth, a bit of earth
A bit of earth, a bit of earth


MIDI sequence by Kelson Vibber, kelson@pobox.com
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