Compost Cake

(Steve Van Zandt)

Chorus:

      G                    C             G
In the compost pile, it's a party for new soil
G A7              D
In the compost pile, new dirt is what we make
        G                           C            G
In the compost pile, come and join our celebration
        G    D        G
In the compost pile, making compost cake
G
Cookin' up a batch of that compost cake

C                             G
Layer it and layer it with straw or leaves
           C    G
And that leftover salad that we didn't eat
C                            G
Microscopic life turns on the heat to bake it
        A                     D
It's a compost cake, that's what it takes to make it

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Turn it and turn it, let the air flow through it
The beetles, bugs, and worms will chew to renew it
Whatever is here will never ever stay the same
Because decomposition is the name of the game

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Pile it and pile it with more and more
To heat it up for sure we add some manure
This luscious steaming stack of organic decay
Whatever you've got we'll watch it rot away

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Tag (3 parts):

   G                     C                     G                      C          G
1. layer it and layer it, layer it and layer it, layer it and layer it, compost cake!
    G              C      G                                      C      G
2. turn it and turn it, let the air flow through it now, compost cake!
    G                C           G               C      G
3. pile it high, pile it high, pile it high, compost cake