Outside my house is a cactus plant
they call the century tree
Only once in a hundred years
and you never know when it will bloom
Hey, do you wanna come out
Clementine Hunter was fifty-four
before she packed up the pain
Old Uncle Taylor was eighty-one
across the plains of China (uh-huh)
And the sun was shining on that day
Hey, do you wanna come out
Didn't know how to tell her
kept locked up inside himself
now he brings roses to his sweetheart
he sees someone suffering
'bout dancin' in a shimmering ballroom
'cause you never know when
Hey, do you wanna come out