I use to sell school bags from Denmark I use to sell bamboo umbrellas from Japan For the past fifty years I’m secretly planting trees All over New York City
I plant flowers too Where ever there’s room I’ve got pollen in my hair In my ears In my shoes
I’m secret agent for page six I’m son of a priest but I’m an atheist They say I’m the family’s black sheep I got too much work to do to go to sleep I’m a gardener and tryin'
I’m gonna turn this city green I’m gonna turn this city green I’m gonna turn this city green Turn the whole world onto Lead Belly
I use to sell school bags from Denmark I use to sell bamboo umbrellas from Japan They say I’m the family’s weirdest I got too much work to do to meditate, to make my mind rest I’m a gardener and I’m tryin'
I’m gonna turn this city green I’m gonna turn this city green I’m gonna turn this city green Turn the whole world onto Lead Belly.