Empty Hats If It's a Rose (Then It Will Bloom)

One eve as I was walking,
I chanced by a strange old man.
He was planting in his garden,
there was soil upon his hands.
Slowly he did approach me,
his eyes revealed the moon,
and he said with a voice of earth and root,
"If it's a rose, then it will bloom"

Somehow he'd sensed my troubles,
which lived like vipers inside my chest.
I feared my new love might leave me,
this ache would not let me rest.
He said "Your heart is so filled with you,
that for love, there isn't much room.
Just take care and tend the seedlings,
if it's a rose, then it will bloom."

"If it's a rose, then it will bloom.
You need not push a river,
it flows fine on it's own.
You need not seek out a lost love,
if it's real, it will find it's way home.
You need not fear the wind and rain,
the sun will always come pierce the gloom,"
and as I turned to leave, he said once more,
"If it's a rose, then it will bloom."
if it's a rose, then it will bloom.

(music - traditional)
(lyrics - Carl Asch, intro - Jim Furle)