(sung to "Seasons of Love" from Rent)
—After Jonathan Larson
Five days of
four hundred eighty
proudly spent minutes
Five days of
four hundred eighty
moments to be
Five days of
four hundred eighty
proudly spent minutes
How do you measure
measure a week?
In parklands, in silos, in research, in our food safety
In teaching, in FEMA, in aid work, in strife
In five days of
four hundred eighty
diligent minutes
How do you measure a week in the life?
How about care?
How about care?
How about care?
Measure in care
Seasons of care (care)
Seasons of care (care)
Five days of
four hundred eighty
proudly spent minutes
Five days of
four hundred eighty
minutes to help
Five days of
four hundred eighty
proudly spent minutes
How do you measure the life of a civil servant?
In lands protected
In diseases they stopped
In homes erected
or the children they taught
It’s time now to speak out
The danger is not over
Who reduces a life to a week
and two hundred words?
Only a fool does
Oh you know it, you know it, only a fool does
Only a fool does
Oh you know it, you know it, only a fool does
Remember the care
Share care, give care, spread care
Measure in care
Measure, measure your life in care
Seasons of care (care)
Seasons of care (care)
adapted from “Seasons of Love” by Gale Naylor
Poetry by Gale 