Turn off the News (Build a Garden) - Kathy Mattea

I believe that every heart is kind

Some are just a little underused

Hatred is a symptom of the times

Lost in these uneducated blues

I just wanna love you while I can

All these other thoughts have me confused

I don’t need to try and understand

Maybe I’ll get up, turn off the news

Turn off the news and build a garden

Just my neighborhood and me

We might feel a bit less hardened

We might feel a bit more free

Turn off the news and raise the kids

Give them something to believe in

Teach them how to be good people

Give them hope that they can see

Hope that they can see

Turn off the news

And build a garden with me

Trust builds trust

All that negativity’s a bust

Trust builds trust

Don’t you wanna be happy?

Turn off the news and build a garden

Just my neighborhood and me

We might feel a bit less hardened

We might feel a bit more free

Turn off the news and raise the kids

Give them something to believe in

Teach them how to be good people

Give them hope that they can see

Hope that they can see

Turn off the news

And build a garden with me

Turn off the news

And build a garden with me