A song about having a sweet little garden full of flowers in spite of not knowing much about gardening. A song also about the gift of finding happiness and meaning in surprisingly small things. And last but not least it's a metaphor for writing and performing americana music without being real Americans.
lyrics
Been working all day
Waiting for the night to come
Never tired of looking in your eyes
Right here I want to stay
Knowing where we’re coming from
This is more than all the money in the world can buy
Watering the seeds
Talking to the sun
To pray for light until it hurts my eyes
Wrestling through the weeds
Before the season comes
Making sure every color will survive
We try and we try, getting by and by
No time to feel bad about feeling low
Never held a plough, don’t know how, don’t know how
And still we see the pretty flowers grow
Is it smart to be a fool
If you don’t wanna run around
In a circus ring filled to the brim with clowns
Bending all the rules
Making sure they’re gonna be found
Spreading every word all over town
We try and we try, getting by and by
No time to feel bad about feeling low
Never held a plough, don’t know how, don’t know how
And still we see pretty flowers grow
Been working all day
Waiting for the night to come
Never tired of looking in your eyes
Right here I want to stay
Knowing where we’re coming from
This is more than all the money in the world can buy
We try and we try, getting by and by
No time to feel bad about feeling low
Never held a plough, don’t know how, don’t know how
And still we see pretty flowers grow
We try and we try, getting by and by
No time to feel bad about feeling low
Never held a plough, don’t know how, don’t know how
And still we see pretty flowers grow
Pretty flowers grow, pretty flowers grow
Recorded & mixed by Eric van de Lest, Daltoon Studio, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Mastered by Darius van Helfteren, Amsterdam Mastering, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Bart de Win: piano, vocal
Arianne Knegt: vocal
Harry Hendriks: gitaar, banjo, vocal
Eric van de Lest: drums
Tonnie Ector: double bass
Cover photo: Ellen van der Doelen-Jeurissen
Cover design: Arianne Knegt
Bart de Win and Arianne Knegt create songs about love and life on the hippie side of country, involving their musical
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