 
I composed this month's song as part of a project hosted by the Kindie Songwriting Club. Five west-coast songwriters each created a song with the same fan-chosen title: Green Beans Everywhere. After exploring ideas like food fights and Jack's beanstalk, I landed on a topic that's sometimes difficult to know how to discuss with children -- world hunger. The song tells the story of a child first confronting the concept that not everyone in the world has enough food to eat, and what she decides to do about it. Her vision of a "rainbow garden" from which we all share food is a dream I imagine we all have for every sentient being the world over.
The song is free to download, but if you want to pay something for it, I'm donating all profits to the San Francisco Food Bank through the end of July. You can also donate money or food directly to the San Francisco Food Bank, or volunteer with your family. If you're not local to SF, find your local food bank here. Finally, please pass the song on to your friends and family. Share the beans!
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Mama said girl you gotta eat your green beans
grow up big and strong
I said mama I'm already strong and big
what planet are you livin' on
she said I live on earth and so do you
and not everybody here has enough food
so think about that for a minute or two
so I thought about that for quite some time
and it made me feel kinda blue
and I wanted to help so I snuck a green bean
into the back of my shoe
and after dinner I went out to my yard
and I dug a hole yes I dug really hard
and I put my bean in and covered it with dirt
'cause I had a dream (dream)
that there?d be green (green)
green beans everywhere
growing in the dirt (dirt)
reaching for the sun (sun)
breathing in the air we share
and the rain would wander down and water them alive
so I sprinkled some water on my bean
and sang it a little love song
and I told my bean a bedtime story
bout growing up big and strong
and I thought about how this wise old earth
was loving my bean right there in the dirt
so it could feed the world some day
then I said good-night to the moon and my bean
and the stars and the dirt and the sky
I went up to bed laid down my head
and closed up my eyes
I had a dream (dream)
that there were green (green)
green beans everywhere
growing in the dirt (dirt)
reaching for the sun (sun)
drinking in the rain (rain)
breathing in the air
and there were red (red)
red cherries (orange)
orange carrots (yellow)
and yellow pears
and there were green (green)
green beans (blue)
blue berries (purple)
purple plums everywhere
there was enough food for everyone to eat
finally
then all the children of the world
held each others' hands
and we danced around the rainbow garden
growing in our land
and we had a picnic under the stars
and we shared our food because it was ours
now think about that for a minute or two
words and music copyright 2010 Charity Kahn
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