Brown Gold

Brown Gold
by John Forster, Michael Mark & Tom Chapin
© 2005 Limousine Music Co., HCD Music & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

I had a little garden plot,
A garden plot that grew a lot,
Grew a lot because it got
A great big shovelful of Brown Gold. Brown Gold.

I put a seed down in my plot,
My garden plot that grew a lot,
Grew a lot because it got
A great big shovelful of Brown Gold. Brown Gold.

The seed took root and shot a shoot,
The seed I planted in my plot,
My garden plot that grew a lot,
Grew a lot because it got
A great big shovelful of Brown Gold.

Brown Gold, Brown Gold,
Banana peel, potato skin,
Turn it ’til the worms come in,
And when it’s good and old, Brown Gold.
Brown Gold.

A honeydew grew from the shoot,
The shoot that shot out from the seed,
The seed I planted in my plot,
My garden plot that grew a lot.
Grew a lot because it got
A great big shovelful of Brown Gold. Brown Gold.

We made a meal out of the fruit,
The fruit that fruited from the shoot,
The shoot that shot out from the seed,
The seed I planted in my plot,
My garden plot that grew a lot.
Grew a lot because it got
A great big shovelful of Brown Gold.

Brown Gold, Brown Gold,
Shells and rinds that folks discard,
We pile up in our backyard.
And when it’s good and old, Brown Gold.
Brown Gold.

I picked the fruit but kept the rind
With leaves and husks of every kind.
I threw ’em out in my backyard
With other stuff that folks discard,
Banana peel, potato skin,
I turn ’em ’til the worms come in.
’Cause everything that comes from plants
Deserves to have a second chance.
A second chance down in my plot.
My garden plot that grew a lot.
Grew a lot because it got
A great big shovelful of Brown Gold. Brown Gold.

Brown Gold. Brown Gold.
Rich and healthy and dirt cheap.
Right there in your compost heap.
The greatest story ever told, Brown Gold.
Brown Gold. Brown Gold.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Some Assembly Required CD.

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