Outside my house is a cactus plant   They call the Century Tree   Only once in a hundred years   It flowers gracefully   And you never know when it will bloom      [chorus]   Hey, do you wanna come out    And play the game   It's never too late   Hey, do you wanna come out   And play the game   It's never too late      Clementine Hunter was 54   Before she packed up her paint   Old Uncle Taylor was 81   When he rode his bike across the plains of China   And the sun was shining on that day   Just like today      [chorus]      Didn't know how to tell her   For over thirty years   He kept locked up inside himself   And no one saw the tears   And then she went away   And he woke up that day      Now he brings roses to his sweetheart   She lives most anywhere   He sees someone suffering   He knows that despair   So he offers them a rose   And some quiet prose   About dancing in a shimmering ballroom   'Cause you never know when they will bloom      [chorus 3x]   [chorus]