[ti:sunbeams and some beans] [ar:Kimya Dawson] [al:Alphabutt] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sunbeams and Some Beans - Kimya Dawson [00:16.16]And the weatherman said to my friend [00:19.16]"What's your name" [00:20.11]My friend said"Write yours down [00:21.89]Mine is almost the same" [00:23.84]Erase the"S" and"M" in their place put a"G" and"R" [00:28.13]And an 'ND' look at me what's that say [00:31.32]Then the weatherman stood [00:33.45]With his head hung in shame [00:35.47]He took off his big belt put it down turned away [00:39.39]But my friend said [00:40.80]"Don't leave I just harvested beets [00:42.56]Let's go eat at my place" [01:02.66]With his mouth full the [01:04.19]Weatherman stared at his plate [01:06.67]And he knew it was his [01:08.39]Heart that made my friend great [01:10.47]Not his muscles his money [01:12.48]His job or his name or his fame [01:15.31]See my friend isn't famous [01:18.41]He is just a good person who grows what he eats [01:22.47]And if you have a mouth then he will try to feed you [01:26.51]And if you are cold he'll put wood in the stove [01:30.20]Grab a quilt and some warm flannel sheets [01:49.54]So the Grand Champion called up Sam Champion [01:53.06]Said"Let's plant a garden in the [01:55.47]Heart of this wasteland" [01:57.14]And Sam said [01:57.92]"Hey man this'll be breaking news" [02:00.58]But Grand said [02:01.55]"I won't wait for your camera crew [02:04.89]See I don't do what I do for the glory [02:08.60]I don't do what [02:09.95]I do because it's a good story" [02:12.74]"I do what I do because there is a need [02:16.52]And a hunger created by corporate greed [02:20.65]See there's a surplus of food in this country [02:24.51]And nobody should ever go to sleep hungry [02:28.47]But that food is kept under lock and key [02:32.55]Considered a privilege for people with money" [02:52.93]Then the weatherman dropped [02:55.19]To his hands and his knees [02:57.07]With the tear in his eye and unable to speak [03:00.57]He was driven to action by only compassion [03:04.92]He dug in the dirt and he planted some beans [03:11.27]Planted some beans planted some beans [03:18.98]Planted some beans planted some beans [03:27.30]Grandma said to me [03:28.90]"If you only have one bean [03:30.60]And you meet someone with no bean [03:32.51]You should give them half your bean [03:34.20]'Cause you will be less hungry [03:36.13]If you eat just half a bean [03:37.86]Than if you eat a whole bean in [03:39.85]Front of somebody with no bean"