He Wears a Green Coat

[Verse 1]

He was born a lush spring morning,
Eyes wide open with the dew.
Green as grass, the world before him,
Every step a path brand new.
Chased the wind with empty pockets,
Dreams like flowers to unfold.
Not yet wise, but full of wonder,
Not yet rich, but young and bold.

[Verse 2]

Took his jobs in city towers,
Learning fast but still as green.
Wet behind the ears, they told him,
Many days were cold and lean.
Time marched on and luck rolled with him,
Stacks of money green and tall.
Rolling in the dough, they whispered—
Till he thought he had it all.

[Chorus 1]

He wears a coat of green now
Woven from the seeds he’s sown.
Through the earnings and the turnings
Of a life he’s spent alone.
It’s the color of beginnings,
From his childhood now remote
In the end, beneath the hillside,
He wears a light green coat.

[Verse 3]

Loved a girl bedecked in flowers,
Watched her dance with someone new.
Green with envy, he stood silent,
Lost his nerve and missed his cue.
His seclusion gave the green light
For the gold he would amass
No one there to wear the willow
When his earthly time had passed

[Verse 4]

Gave his time to tend his garden
Let the seasons have their sway
With a green thumb he found quiet
In the turning of the clay
Later years sought greener pastures,
With no children at his knee
As his garden grew around him
Choking vines among the leaves.

[Chorus]

He wears a coat of green now
Woven from the seeds he’s sown.
Through the learning and the turning
Of each rung and stepping stone
For the color of ambition,
yields a high, but sour note.
In the end, beneath the hillside,
He wears a light green coat.

[Final chorus]

He wears a coat of green now
Woven from the seeds he’s sown.
From the longing and the learning,
To a rest among the stones
It’s the color of returning,
Where deep silence takes the throne
In the end, beneath the hillside,
He wears his light green coat.