Gently Green Vegetables
Words and music by Béla Selendy
They say time is a river
Bridges guarding the water's flow
But the current gets choppy
Water wonders which way to go
When there's nothing but answers
And the questions stand on their heads
When there's no end to feeling
And the voices call out their dead
When the night takes your hand
Leads you nowhere but where you been
Leaves you nothing but time
Washing over again and again
When you're sure you will cry
Where there's no one to ease your fears
Time for someone to fry
Gently green vegetables
Through the eyes of the children
Simple pleasures mean everything
Nothing lost, nothing broken
Ever chasing the golden ring
Who could dream of a winter
On the edge of a frozen lake
that the geese have deserted
blackened window left in their wake
When the night takes your hand
Leads you nowhere but where you been
Leaves you nothing but time
Washing over again and again
When you're sure you will cry
Where there's no one to ease your fears
Time for someone to fry
Gently green vegetables
They say love is a mountain
Make your way to the highest peak
Where the views are unbroken
In the silence the echoes speak
They say life is an ocean
Salt spray coating an endless deep
Every wave has its history
Rushing onward to endless sleep
When the night takes your hand
Leads you nowhere but where you been
Leaves you nothing but time
Washing over again and again
When you're sure you will cry
Where there's no one to ease your fears
Time for someone to fry
Gently green vegetables