[Verse 1] The winter didn’t kill the moss beneath the timber It only turned a darker shade of slate The cedar holds its breath, a frozen ember And patient is the soil that learns to wait The riverbank is heavy with the thawing The pale grey ice is bleeding into jade A quiet transformation, softly drawing The coldest things out from the heavy shade [Chorus] Oh, come see the color of green! Not the bright of the meadow, but the shade in between From the sage on the stone to the pine in the mist The oldest renewal, ever existed Ooh-la-la, ooh-la-lo Watch the world wake below Ooh-la-la, ooh-la-lo Oh, come see the color of green.. [Verse 2] There is a silver in the leaf before it opens A dusty velvet on the willow shoot No sudden flash of light, no promise broken Just slow sap rising from the ancient root We walk along the ridge where shadows linger Where winter’s ghost still wrestles with the spring You touch the lichen with a steady finger And find the life in every hidden thing [Chorus] Oh, come see the color of green! Not the bright of the meadow, but the shade in between From the sage on the stone to the pine in the mist The oldest renewal, ever existed Ooh-la-la, ooh-la-lo Watch the world wake below Ooh-la-la, ooh-la-lo Oh, come see the color of green.. [Bridge] Ah-ooo-la, ooh-la-na-na (Ah-ooo-la, ooh-la-na-na) Underneath the heavy canopy Is the color of green.. Ah-ooo-la, ooh-la-na-na The frost is giving way to the sea! To show the color of green.. [Outro] Sage and shadow on the hill... The world is turning, turning still. The color of green.
