Century Plant by Victoria Williams

Written by Victoria Williams
From the Atlantic/Mammoth Records album "Loose"

Outside my house is a cactus plant, they call the Century Tree
Only once in a hundred years, it flowers gracefully
And you never know when it will bloom

Hey, do you want to come out and play the game,
it's never too late
Hey, do you want to come out and play the game,
it's never too late

Clementine, honey, was fifty-four,
'fore she picked up her paint
Old uncle Taylor was eighty-one,
when he rode his bike across the plains of China, u-huh

And the sun was shining on their day,
just like today

Do you want to come out and play the game,
it's never too late
Do you want to come out and play the game,
it's never too late

Didn't know how to tell her, for over thirty years
He kept locked up inside himself, and no one saw the tears
Then she went away, and he woke up that day

So he, went back to college, at the age of sixty-three
Graduated with honors, with an agricultural degree
And he joined up the peace core, at the age of sixty-nine
And he rode the grand rapids, at the age of eighty-five

Now he brings roses to his sweet heart, she lives most anywhere
He sees someone suffering, he knows that despair
He offers them a rose, and some quiet prose,
about dancing in a shimmering ballroom
'cause you never know when, they will bloom

Hey (Hey), do you want to come out and play the game,
it's never too late
Hey, I said hey (Hey), do you want to come out and play the game,
it's never too late, to play it, play it, yea
(Do you want to come out) Wanta come out and play the game
Ooh, (It's never too late, to play the game)
Do you want to come out and play the game (x5)
It's never too late, to play the game (x5