S1Ep8: Dying Houseplant
Friends Ilene and Michelle harvest songs from their brain gardens.
This week we discuss musical nature sounds, how to carry your best friend in your mouth, and if our moms are impressed by us.
This week's prompt: A houseplant is dying. Tell it why it needs to live
Michelle's song: Houseplant Don't Die
Ilene's song: What Do You Need
Friendship song: Cow and Bottle
Lyrics
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By: Michelle
Oh I want this
I want it bad
But I hate to see you
Wilted and sad
I never wanted to hurt you
I gave you all I know
I see you reaching your end
Now I'm losing a friend
I can't have you leave me alone
Tell me what's wrong
Is it dry is it cold
Is it warm is there mold in your home?
You sit by the southern window
Crackled and brown
Was it me? I can't see
All your needs so you're planning to go
Please don't go
I can't let you go
Please don't go
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By: Ilene
Little basil, sitting all alone on my windowsill
I water you daily, still you continue to wilt
But I need you strong and healthy for next weekend to make pesto for my mom’s birthday
I’ve tried more sun, less sun, grow lights, and repotting, but it still looks like you might decay
Oh why won’t you stay?
Do I not impress you?
Do I not caress you?
Do I just depress you?
Come on plant, you’re stressing me out.
What do you need?
What do you need?
What do you need?
What do you need?
What do you need?
What do you need?
What do you need?
What do you need?
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By: Michelle and Ilene
Narrator:
On a rainy day about mid may
A lonely bottle was dismayed
But up came the sun and here came the cow
And they go on big adventures now
Water bottle:
I love my silly little friend
Our differences we will transcend
Cow:
I love my silly little friend
And on me you can depend
Narrator:
Prance in the pond and chase all the ducks
They catch one someday with some luck
Then take a walk in the pale moonlight
Watching fireflies dance in the night
Water bottle:
I love my silly little friend
Our differences we will transcend
Cow:
I love my silly little friend
And on me you can depend