Candide movie - Finale: Make Our Garden Grow lyrics

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CANDIDE<br>

You've been a fool<br>

And so have I,<br>

But come and be my wife.<br>

And let us try,<br>

Before we die,<br>

To make some sense of life.<br>

We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good<br>

We'll do the best we know.<br>

We'll build our house and chop our wood<br>

And make our garden grow...<br>

And make our garden grow.<br>

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CUNEGONDE<br>

I thought the world<br>

Was sugar cake<br>

For so our master said.<br>

But, now I'll teach<br>

My hands to bake<br>

Our loaf of daily bread.<br>

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CANDIDE AND CUNEGONDE<br>

We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good<br>

We'll do the best we know.<br>

We'll build our house and chop our wood<br>

And make our garden grow...<br>

And make our garden grow.<br>

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(ensemble enters in gardening gear and a cow walks on)<br>

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CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, MAXIMILLIAN, PAQUETTE, OLD LADY, DR. PANGLOSS<br>

Let dreamers dream<br>

What worlds they please<br>

Those Edens can't be found.<br>

The sweetest flowers,<br>

The fairest trees<br>

Are grown in solid ground.<br>

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ENSEMBLE (a cappella)<br>

We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good<br>

We'll do the best we know.<br>

We'll build our house and chop our wood<br>

And make our garden grow.<br>

And make our garden grow!<br>

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(The cow dies)<br>

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VOLTAIRE<br>

Ah, me! The pox!<br>

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