[Verse 1]
Steam on my mug
Cool on my feet
Bare toes press the soil
Where the roots all meet
Small clay pots
Lined on the rail
I talk to every seedling
Like a long
Slow tale
[Chorus]
Stay a little longer in the morning
Hands in the earth
Heart at ease
Breathing with the garden as it’s waking
Bloom by bloom
It’s teaching me to breathe
[Verse 2]
Sun finds my shoulders
Through the climbing beans
Dirt on my fingers
In the soft
Green sheen
Robins on the fencepost
Trading tiny news
I lose track of time
In the red and yellow hues
[Chorus]
Stay a little longer in the morning
Hands in the earth
Heart at ease
Breathing with the garden as it’s waking
Bloom by bloom
It’s teaching me to breathe
[Bridge]
I pull up worry
Like an old
Dry weed
[Soft hum
Faint birdsong rises]
Lay it on the compost
Let it finally leave
Every quiet moment
Nestled in these leaves
Stitches up the places
Where my heart still grieves
[Chorus]
Stay a little longer in the morning
Hands in the earth
Heart at ease
Breathing with the garden as it’s waking
Bloom by bloom
It’s teaching me to breathe