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 rains comes tumbling down

Pullin' weeds and pickin' stones,

Man is made of dreams and bones

I feel the need to grow my own

Cause the time is close at hand

Grain for grain, sun and rain

I'll find my way in nature's 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 can make you strong

If you give her love and care

An old crow watching hungrily

From his perch in yonder tree

In my garden I'm as free

As that feathered thief up there