[Intro] (spoken) Well. That's not seedlings. [Verse 1] Drove to the co-op with a twenty and a plan Asked for tomato starts, but got a galvanized can Pulled the burlap back: a hundred hex heads, zinc and black [Chorus] It's a pail full of bolts, not a pail full of leaves Threads where I wanted roots, steel where I wanted seeds Half says take 'em back, half says well, alright Wrong kind of growing, but it'll hold something tight Pail full of bolts - I'm planting this tonight [Verse 2] Merchant coat on, I know how the trade goes You don't argue with a receipt, you work with what it shows Called him up: "That's Kobb the other one" "There's only one Kobb." He said, "Well, now there's none" Three raised beds and a shed roof waited since '04 [Chorus] It's a pail full of bolts, not a pail full of leaves Threads where I wanted roots, steel where I wanted seeds Half says take 'em back, half says well, alright Wrong kind of growing, but it'll hold something tight [Verse 3] Bolted down the trellis, bolted up the gate Bolted the shed before the rain could congregate Every time I emptied the pail, it filled again Neighbor asked for corn; I said, "Give it till the morn" [Bridge - harmonica] Gear or leaf, folks keep askin' me to choose A man can carry both in the same pair of boots The wrench don't mind the garden, the garden don't mind the wrench A bolt in the right place'll hold a vine on the fence [Final Chorus - harmony] It's a pail full of bolts, not a pail full of leaves Threads where I wanted roots, steel where I wanted seeds Half says take 'em back, half says well, alright Wrong kind of growing, but it grew [Outro] Pail full of bolts, wrong kind of growing but it grew (spoken, bolt drops in tin) Yep. or leaf, folks keep askin' me to choose A man can carry both in the same pair of boots The wrench don't mind the garden, the garden don't mind the wrench A bolt in the right place'll hold a vine on the fence [Final Chorus - harmony] It's a pail full of bolts, not a pail full of leaves Threads where I wanted roots, steel where I wanted seeds Half says take 'em back, half says well, alright Wrong kind of growing, but it grew [Outro] Pail full of bolts, wrong kind of growing but it grew
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