make something good

i wanted to make something sweet

the blood inside a maple tree

the sunlight trapped inside the wood

make something good

i wanted to make something strong

an organ pipe in a cathedral

that stays in tune through a thousand blooms

make something good

it's a gonna take a long

long time

but we're gonna make something so fine

i wanted to make something pure

an emerald field from steer manure

a wild-eyed child in a moonlit room

make something good

i wanted to make something built to last

a bottled ship with a golden mast

and through the squall the course stays true

make something good

make something good

it's gonna take a long

long time

but we're gonna make something so fine

it's gonna take a long

long time

but we're gonna make something so fine