Christine Lavin - Scatter New Seeds lyrics

There's a man who lives on a island His eyes are as blue as the sky His skin is as brown as the berry that falls When autumn leaves blow by His wavy hair is streaked with silver Like surf curls under moonlight His smiles so sweet It could turn up the heat On the chilliest foggiest night He runs an inn by the water Where mainland tourists stay He bakes fresh bread every morning at 5 And says "its a wonderful day" He walks the beach at sunrise Starts making beds at 10 Counts his blessings every night Tomorrow he'd do it all again This is a life He never would have thought possible If he had stayed Where he was before But life is short He refused to be miserable So he packed his bags Waved goodbye Then he closed that door His friends back home were startled And sadly shook their heads "Chalk it up to a mid-life crisis" They knowingly said But as days turned into weeks and months And he did not return They took a harder look at their own lives And lessons never learned This is a life He never would have thought possible If he had stayed Where he was before But life's too short He refused to be miserable So he packed his bags Waved goodbye Then he closed that door He is well aware of those Who want to see him fall But they are outnumbered by those Who want him to stand tall The road that he is traveling Is one that more of us would choose If we weren't so afraid of What in life we just might lose There will be times the doubts will roll in The blue will turn to gray Old habits are so hard to break If inertia gets its way Listen to your own heart Follow where it leads Time to pull up old roots Scatter new seeds