Plant More Than You Harvest © Jim Scott 1990

Plant more than you harvest,
un and water, earth and seeds.

Plant more than you harvest,

give the earth all that it needs.

Plant more than you harvest,

give the earth all that it needs,

the earth all that it needs.

Clear the meadows and the highways,

but plant stout trees between.

Let the forests hold the hillsides, 

cover the earth with green.

Let the forests hold the hillsides,

cover the earth with green,

cover the earth with green.

Plant the grains to feed 

every woman man and child,

Some for all the beasts and birds,

and some to just grow wild.

Some for all the beasts and birds,

and some to just grow wild,

some to just grow wild.


Plant more than you harvest,

sun and water, earth and seeds.

Plant more than you harvest, 

give the earth all that it needs.

Plant more than you harvest,

give the earth all that it needs,

the earth all that it needs.

Tall cedar and the spreading oak 

cool all that dwell below, 

And the fallen trunk helps seeds reveal

the secrets that they know.

And the fallen trunk helps seeds reveal

the secrets that they know,

the secrets that they know.

Some seeds fall by the wayside,

but some will make it through,

On the water or wind or a loving hand

the cycle starts anew.

On the water or wind or a loving hand 

the cycle starts anew, 
the cycle starts anew.

Plant more than you harvest, 

sun and water, earth and seeds.

Plant more than you harvest,

give the earth all that it needs.

Plant more than you harvest, 

give the earth all that it needs,

the earth all that it needs