VERSE 1

When you were a tiny seed

Mother Earth met all your needs

So you put down roots, uncurled a sprout

And poked your tiny head right out

 

VERSE 2

You stretched and strained to find the light

Sometimes left, and sometimes right

And you spread your arms as if to fly

Hugging earth and kissing sky 

 

CHORUS

Keep a green tree in your heart

And maybe the singing bird will come

And when she comes you better love her well

Oh the stories she can tell

 

VERSE 3

You drank the rain, danced in the breeze

Caught the sunlight with your leaves

And performed a magic alchemy

To purify the air we breathe

 

VERSE 4

You grew up strong and fine and true

Your story there in the shape of you

And you shared your heart with the honey bee

And all the singing birds like me

 

CHORUS

Keep a green tree in your heart

And maybe the singing bird will come

And when she comes you better love her well

Oh the stories she can tell

 

VERSE 5

Now seasons come, and seasons go

You listen, breathe, watch and know

Make a tiny seed, give it to the ground

And the circle of life goes round and round

 

VERSE 6

And when you’ve grown up wise and old

Your work all done, your story told

You’ll fall back down to where you came from

I will hear you, I will come

 

CHORUS

Keep a green tree in your heart

And maybe the singing bird will come

And when she comes you better love her well

Oh the stories she can tell

 

(Green tree...singing bird...love her

Green tree...littlest bird...love her

Green tree...singing bird...love her)