It Grows

My love, ebbs and flows First it's a thorn, and then it's rose, My love, ebbs and flows, give it some water and you'll find that it grows It grows, it grows, it grows You said you'd be home for dinner at eight Three in the morning, heard you open the gate You don't get a crop without working the ground You don't make a bed, then you don't lie down My love, ebbs and flows First it's a thorn, and then it's rose, My love, ebbs and flows, give it some water and you'll find that it grows It grows, it grows, it grows It's the kind of thing you love when you're turning three, just before they teach you your ABC's It's not hard to remember, it's an easy deal If you want my love, you better give me something real My love, it grows Where it stops, nobody knows Your love, I can't forget it You know you've got to give to get it My love, ebbs and flows First it's a thorn, and then it's rose, My love, ebbs and flows, give it some water and you'll find that it grows It grows, it grows, it grows