The grass is always brown here / Cause the sprinkler system’s broke / And nothing ever grows here / Except the weeds that could make you choke // I can see through the cracks in your fence / And I know you’ve got a lot of green / If you’d just share your secret with me / Then life would really be a dream // Oh, green // I’ve always wanted flowers like yours / And a garden full of butterflies / But all we’ve got are the bees over here / And the pollen that will sting your eyes // I can see through the cracks in your fence / And I know you’ve got a lot of green / If you’d just share your secret with me / Then life would really be a breeze // Oh, green / Oh, I want your green // Well yesterday I got sick of it / So I came and knocked down your fence / I stood there with my jaw on the ground / Cause suddenly it all made sense // Your grass was just as brown as mine / And the plastic flowers had bees / Butterflies were painted all over the walls / It was the Astroturf that was so // Green / Oh, I want your green / Don’t we all want green / We all want green
credits
from Where It Began,
released February 28, 2012
Written by Shellee Coley
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