Victoria Williams - Century Plant Lyrics
Outside my house is a cactus plantThey call the century treeOnly once in a hundred yearsIt flowers gracefullyAnd you never know when it will bloomCHORUS:Hey, do you want to come outAnd play the gameIt's never too lateHey, do you want to come outAnd play the gameIt's never too lateClementine Hunter was fifty-four before she packed up her painOld Uncle Taylor was eighty-one when he rode his bikeAcross the plains of ChinaUh huhAnd the sun was shining on that dayJust like todayREPEAT CHORUSDidn't know how to tell her for over thirty yearsKept locked up inside himselfNo one saw the tearsThen she went awayAnd he woke up that daySo he went back to college at the age of sixty-threeGraduated with honors with an agriculture degreeAnd he joined up the Peace Corps at the age of sixty-nineAnd he rode the grand rapids at the age of eighty-fiveNow he brings roses to his sweetheartShe lives most anywhereHe sees someone sufferingHe knows that despairHe offers them a roseAnd some quiet proseAbout dancing in a shimmering ballroomCause you never know when they will bloom
