Lyrics:

[Verse 1]Aunt Mattie bent a thousand times down the long black rowsThen battled with the angry weeds so little seeds could growCome summer Mattie pulled the snow from cruel and cutting bollsShe was patient pale and slender and was only eight years oldRound and round the spinning wheel beneath Aunt Mattie''s bootShe recalled the soil and cotton seeds and summer''s hopeful shootsTwo winters spun out summer''s threads in rich and creamy foldsAnd she had a bolt of cotton cloth when she turned ten years old[Chorus]If we bend and plant the seeds and tame the wicked weedsIf we let the sun and rain assist and simplify our needsIf we follow in the barefoot path of one persistent girlWe''ll throw a healing quilt across an ever ailing world[Verse 2]Indigo and lavender made up Aunt Mattie''s skyRemembering her childhood days she made the rustic dyeThe hour before the day would end it fed young Mattie''s dreamShe made indigo and lavender when she turned just fourteen[Chorus]If we bend and plant the seeds and tame the wicked weedsIf we let the sun and rain assist and simplify our needsIf we follow in the barefoot path of one persistent girlWe''ll throw a healing quilt across an ever ailing world[Verse 3]Aunt Mattie bends a thousand times down each patchwork rowPiece by piece and stitch by stitch in fading candle glowThe valley of the shadow cannot call her from her seamsUntil finishing her lifetime''s work she dies at seventeen[Chorus]If we bend and plant the seeds and tame the wicked weedsIf we let the sun and rain assist and simplify our needsIf we follow in the barefoot path of one persistent girlWe''ll throw a healing quilt across an ever ailing world