ARTIST: Gunther Anderson and Donna Dubé
TITLE: Did You Plant Love
Lyrics and Chords


My Dad farmed a hundred and five acre plot
It took away everything he ever got
But he loved the land and my mother and me
We were the greatest of riches he ever did see

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He didn't care about money or fame
He'd say, rich man or poor man, inside we're the same
There's just one thing they ask as you stand at the gate
Did you plant love or did you plant hate

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   {Refrain}
   Did you plant love or did you plant hate
   Did you sow a little joy in the long winter's wait
   There's only one question left when it's too late
   Did you plant love or did you plant hate
   Did you plant love or did you plant hate

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You can't save the world and then curse at your wife
Open your wallet and close off your life
Your ticket to heaven is bought with your heart
You won't find salvation just playing the part

Feeding the hungry and clothing the poor
Teaching the children how to end war
But God's gonna ask what you did it all for
If you spit on the stranger who knocks at your door

   {Refrain}

The oldest of lessons the farmers all know
All that you plant is all that you'll grow
And the fruit of your harvest will nourish your soul
So you best be careful what you choose to sow

My father, he planted his love for the soil
For all of the people and all of their toil
Through drought and through deluge his harvest was great
We knew his answer when he stood at the gate

   {Refrain}

{Bridge}
You can't change a heart at the point of a knife
Or riot for justice or murder for life
Will you be a Gandhi or a new Robespierre
Will peace be your harvest, or evil your heir

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Do you reap love now or do you reap hate
And are you surprised by the world you create
Are you ready to answer as you stand at the gate
Did you plant love or did you plant hate

   Did you plant love or did you plant hate
   Did you sow a little joy in the long winter's wait
   There's only one question left when it's too late
   Did you plant love or did you plant hate
   O-o-oh, did you plant love

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