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