Wise Like You

Grandma, Grandma and Grandpa sing to me
Grandma, Grandma and Grandpa sing to me
I want to know how to grow wise like you

Tuatara
You are a-mazing
You’ve been here for 200 million years
And you can hear without an ear
You’ve got three eyes
If we sit at your knee
will you tell us a story or two?

Chorus

And tortuga
I know you-a been swimming
In our beautiful seas
since dinosaur times
How do you find your way back home
After you roam the globe
If we sit at your knee
will you tell us a story or two?

Chorus

Oh ginkgo
I think you know a secret
One of your trees lives
for one hundred human generations
While our nations fall and rise
you have survived
If we sit at your knee
will you tell us a story or two?

Chorus

© 2007 Amy Martin

Vocals – The Missoula Coyote Choir, Laura Love, Dar Williams
Drums – Allison Miller
Bass – Todd Sickafoose
Keys – Julie Wolf
Guitar – Adam Levy
Cello – Marika Hughes

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