Scene: Archibald's Library Earth

Song Scene: Archibald's Library Earth
Artist Daisy Eagan
Artist Mandy Patinkin
Album The Secret Garden (The Original Broadway Cast Album)

Lyrics

[00:00.57] ARCHIBALD:A bit of earth,
[00:35.25] She wants a little bit of earth.
[00:35.53] She'll plant some seeds.
[00:40.39] The seeds will grow,
[00:42.91] The flowers bloom,
[00:45.42] But is their bounty
[00:47.23] What she needs?
[00:50.68] How can she chance
[00:53.31] To love a little bit of earth?
[00:56.07] Does she not know?
[01:01.36] The earth is old,
[01:03.19] And doesn't care if
[01:06.33] One small girl wants things to grow.
[01:14.88] She needs a friend.
[01:16.56] She needs a father,
[01:18.59] Brother, sister,
[01:19.72] Mother's arms.
[01:23.45] She needs to laugh.
[01:25.05] She needs to dance,
[01:27.12] And learn to work
[01:28.62] Her girlish charm.
[01:31.61] She needs a home,
[01:34.64] The only thing she really needs 
[01:37.09] I cannot give.
[01:40.87] Instead she asks
[01:42.83] A bit of earth
[01:44.21] To make it live!
[01:47.74] She should have a pony,
[01:52.58] Gallop 'cross the moor.
[01:55.99] She should have a doll's house
[01:59.43] With a hundred rooms per floor.
[02:03.27] Why can't she ask for a treasure?
[02:07.23] Something that money can buy,
[02:09.50] That won't die!
[02:11.44] When I'd give her the world,
[02:15.93] She asks, instead
[02:18.70] For some earth.
[02:26.75] A bit of earth,
[02:30.31] She wants a little bit of earth,
[02:33.22] She'll plant some seeds.
[02:37.57] The seeds will grow,
[02:40.88] The flowers bloom,
[02:42.24] Their beauty just the thing she needs.
[02:47.24] She'll grow to love the tender roses,
[02:52.03] Lilies fair, the iris tall.
[03:03.30] And then in fall, her bit of earth
[03:09.40] Will freeze and kill them all.
[03:18.84] A bit of earth, a bit of earth, 
[03:30.30] A bit of earth, a bit of earth.
[03:46.50]

Pinyin

[00:00.57] ARCHIBALD: A bit of earth,
[00:35.25] She wants a little bit of earth.
[00:35.53] She' ll plant some seeds.
[00:40.39] The seeds will grow,
[00:42.91] The flowers bloom,
[00:45.42] But is their bounty
[00:47.23] What she needs?
[00:50.68] How can she chance
[00:53.31] To love a little bit of earth?
[00:56.07] Does she not know?
[01:01.36] The earth is old,
[01:03.19] And doesn' t care if
[01:06.33] One small girl wants things to grow.
[01:14.88] She needs a friend.
[01:16.56] She needs a father,
[01:18.59] Brother, sister,
[01:19.72] Mother' s arms.
[01:23.45] She needs to laugh.
[01:25.05] She needs to dance,
[01:27.12] And learn to work
[01:28.62] Her girlish charm.
[01:31.61] She needs a home,
[01:34.64] The only thing she really needs 
[01:37.09] I cannot give.
[01:40.87] Instead she asks
[01:42.83] A bit of earth
[01:44.21] To make it live!
[01:47.74] She should have a pony,
[01:52.58] Gallop ' cross the moor.
[01:55.99] She should have a doll' s house
[01:59.43] With a hundred rooms per floor.
[02:03.27] Why can' t she ask for a treasure?
[02:07.23] Something that money can buy,
[02:09.50] That won' t die!
[02:11.44] When I' d give her the world,
[02:15.93] She asks, instead
[02:18.70] For some earth.
[02:26.75] A bit of earth,
[02:30.31] She wants a little bit of earth,
[02:33.22] She' ll plant some seeds.
[02:37.57] The seeds will grow,
[02:40.88] The flowers bloom,
[02:42.24] Their beauty just the thing she needs.
[02:47.24] She' ll grow to love the tender roses,
[02:52.03] Lilies fair, the iris tall.
[03:03.30] And then in fall, her bit of earth
[03:09.40] Will freeze and kill them all.
[03:18.84] A bit of earth, a bit of earth, 
[03:30.30] A bit of earth, a bit of earth.
[03:46.50]