A Man and His Plant

from Tell Me A Story by Elise Massa

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a good man with a good heart/went down to the trash yard/and found a plant that was discarded to grow/so he took home the withered plant/covered in filth and covered in ants/and washed it off to replant it and grow

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A good man with a good heart
went down to the trash yard
and found a plant that was discarded to grow
Well he took home the withered plants
covered in filth and covered in ants
and washed it off to replant it and grow

Refrain:
Grow, grow you're not through yet
Grow, grow forget what they said
and grow, grow
You may be half dead, but you're half alive
So let's survive

We the little plant didn't take too long
its fruit became sweet and its roots became strong
and it started to sing a different song and grow
So the good man with a good heart
went back to the trash yard
to find the other plants (the world discarded)
and grow (refrain)

So maybe you don't dumpster dive
you stay real clean, and you stay inside
but if you did, what would you find to grow
like the good man with the good heart
we can do our share, we can do our part
and a world that seems to fall apart will grow

and we'll sing (refrain)

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from Tell Me A Story, released April 17, 2010
Elise Hindmarsh: main vocals, background vocals, guitar

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Elise Massa Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Elise Massa is a singer-songwriter and director of music & worship arts in Pittsburgh, PA.

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