Songspiration – For This Rich Earth

SongArtistStoryIf I Were FreePeter, Paul, & MaryFor This Rich Earth

Another story inspired by Peter, Paul, & Mary, but this time from a misheard lyric. On their album, See What Tomorrow Brings, they covered a Travis Edmonson song, “If I Were Free”. In their version, the chorus is:
If I were free to speak my mind,
I’d tell a tale to all mankind
Of how the flowers do bloom and fade
Of how we’ve fought and how we’ve paid.
But I always misheard it as “Of how the flowers to Blue Man came...