A Bit Of Earth

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 bounty what she needsHow 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 growShe 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 charmsShe needs a home

The only thing she really needs I cannot give

Instead she asks a bit of earth to make it liveShe 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 earthA 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 needsShe'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 allA bit of earth

A bit of earth

A bit of earth

A bit of earth