They say the youth is the time to sow Don't they? Don't they? Some say that one can't do it too slow And mustn't sow to show, sow to show I was told to work hard, so I tried I didn't know how hard would be enough Harvest came, and then I realised Instead of work, instead of work I'd watched the moon wax and wane I foretold a better life, I foretold a better life What you reap is what you sow I'm asked how I didn't know What you reap is what you sow I'm asked how I didn't know Later on it can be seen What a man has sown, what seeds Anyone who peaks at my field Can see what a mess there is What you reap is what you sow I'm asked how I didn't know What you reap is what you sow I'm asked how I didn't know Surprisingly all there is, nothing but Weeds running wild on my fields What you reap is what you sow I'm asked how I didn't know What you reap is what you sow I'm asked how I didn't know What you reap is what you sow I'm asked how I didn't know What you reap is what you sow I'm asked how I didn't know I'm asked how I didn't know By seas I have to sow my own