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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Conductor
Scott Lochmus
Scott Lochmus
Conductor
Richard Jay-Alexander
Richard Jay-Alexander
Conductor
William Ross
William Ross
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bernstein
Bernstein
Composer
Richard Wilbur
Richard Wilbur
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Executive Producer
Marty Erlichman
Marty Erlichman
Executive Producer
Scott Lochmus
Scott Lochmus
Producer
Eileen Bernstein
Eileen Bernstein
Producer
Guy Harding
Guy Harding
Editing Engineer
David Reitzas
David Reitzas
Engineer
Jay Landers
Jay Landers
Additional Producer
Doug Sax
Doug Sax
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

You've been a fool and so have I
But come I'll be your wife
And let us try before we die
To make some sense of life
We're neither pure nor wise nor good
We'll do the best we know
We'll build our house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow
And make our garden grow
I thought the world was sugar cake
For so our master said
But now I'll teach my hands to bake
Our loaf of daily bread
We're neither pure nor wise nor good
We'll do the best we know
We'll build house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow
And make our garden grow
Let dreamers dream what worlds they please
Those evens can't be found
The sweetest flowers
The fairest trees
Are grown in solid ground
We're neither pure nor wise nor good
We'll do the best we know
We'll build our house and chop our wood
And make our garden grow
And make our garden grow
Written by: Bernstein, Richard Wilbur

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