"Who's Minding the Garden" - Rissi Palmer

"Who's Minding the Garden" performed by Rissi Palmer from the new album 'My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall'.
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Who’s Minding the Garden (LYRICS)
Written by: Alice Randall, Bruce Bouton
There's a bay up in Alaska oh so cold and clear
A home for creatures great and small
Till the pipeline appeared
To bring us fuel to heat our homes
And gas for us to drive
Now the sea is black with oil
And all the fish have died
So who`s to tell us why?
There's a forest in Brazil sheltered by the rain
Where the tall trees make the air we breathe
Till the cattle barons came
They clearеd the land for grazing
Fifty thousand trees a day now the Amazon's on fire
And that's progrеss they say
But what a price to pay
Who's minding the garden?
Who's holding the seed?
Are they planning for tomorrow
Or just harvesting their greed?
There's a line in the Bible
Says we'll reap just what we sow
But who who'll mind the garden
When the garden won't grow?
Who's minding, who’s mind, who’s mind the garden?
Who's minding, who's minding?

There's children in the city
Never seen a butterfly
We’ve poisoned the wildflowers and the water supply
There’s hot zones, dead zones, depleting ozone
Climate change is real
When it’s going to take a miracle for mother earth to heal
How’s a child supposed to feel?
Who's minding the garden?
Who's holding the seed?
Are they planning for tomorrow
Or just harvesting their dreams?
There's a line in the Bible
Says we'll reap just what we sow
But who will mind the garden--
When the garden won't grow?
Alice Randall is a New York Times bestselling novelist, award-winning songwriter, and educator. She is widely recognized as one of the most significant voices in modern Black fiction. She lives in Nashville where she writes country songs.
Oh Boy Records is honored to partner with Alice Randall and a community of Black, female musicians to bring you My Black Country - The Songs of Alice Randall. Alice Randall has written songs performed by Glen Campbell, Moe Bandy, Marie Osmond, Jo-El Sonier, Judy Rodman, Radney Foster, Holly Dunn, and Trisha Yearwood. She is the first Black woman to have a number-one hit on the country charts. Her influence in country music and as a voice in the Black community is immense. Here we present a collection of Alice's songs re-imagined and re-recorded by Black female artists from around America.
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