Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Pete Seeger
Canonical path: /pete-seeger/simple-gifts
Related lyric paths: 6
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Simple Gifts
Read Simple Gifts lyrics by Pete Seeger on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Simple Gifts
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[Additional verses]
On this old Hudson waterfront we're wandering around
With our hopes on the future and our eyes on the ground.
Here I see a bottle, over there I see a can,
And it leads me to ponder on the future of man.
Well some people think that it's a pure waste of time,
A waste of good song and a waste of good rhyme.
But you have to start somewhere and if you can't start better,
You might as well start by picking up litter!
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Pete Seeger performs "Simple Gifts", and this lyric page sits inside the Pete Seeger catalog on LyroVerse.
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