Lyrics
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
You saw a little fellow and you laughed out loud
Just a twitch in the branches, just a nut and a frown
So you tipped your big boots and you carried on through
You were counting your gold, I was counting on you
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause one shook a branch and the branch woke ten
And the ten dug a hundred out the hollow again
You can stamp on a few, friend, but you'll never stamp all
Put your ear to the ground, hear the leaves start to call
[Chorus]
So count 'em again, there's always one more
One is a joke, but a thousand is war
Down in the briar, down under your floor
We were never the harvest, we were keeping the score
Count 'em again
[Verse 2]
I don't carry a banner, I don't sit on a throne
I spend what I gather and I plant what I'm owed
Every acorn I bury is a soldier asleep
And the soft forest floor is a promise you'll keep
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause one becomes two and the two become four
And the cute little army's at your cellar door
You laughed at the small, now the small's all you see
Underestimate once, that's a debt to the trees
[Chorus]
So count 'em again, there's always one more
One is a joke, but a thousand is war
Down in the briar, down under your floor
We were never the harvest, we were keeping the score
Count 'em again
[Bridge]
Go on and burn the field, go on and salt the seed
Cut down a dozen of mine, you have hardly begun
For I am the patient kind, I am the quiet kind
And I've a hundred to send, and a hundred behind
And a hundred behind, and a hundred behind
[Final Chorus]
So count 'em again, there's always one more
One was a joke, now a thousand's at war
Up from the briar, up through your floor
We were never the harvest, we were keeping the score
Count 'em again
(you missed one)
[Outro]
Count 'em again
