The soil we walk on
Houses more than you know
Would you be surprised
If I told you something happens down below?
The top layer is aggregate and healthy
Between the silt, soil and nutrients
The system down below runs ethically
With the help of the microbe compatriots
Deeper underground, in what’s known as the rhizosphere
Is the habitat of numerous rhizobia
These rhizobia fix nitrogen into ammonium here
Along with many more bacteria in this microbe-topia
Finally, down in the substratum
This is where minerals and water collide
To feed the roots
Of all the plants statewide
Houses more than you know
Would you be surprised
If I told you something happens down below?
The top layer is aggregate and healthy
Between the silt, soil and nutrients
The system down below runs ethically
With the help of the microbe compatriots
Deeper underground, in what’s known as the rhizosphere
Is the habitat of numerous rhizobia
These rhizobia fix nitrogen into ammonium here
Along with many more bacteria in this microbe-topia
Finally, down in the substratum
This is where minerals and water collide
To feed the roots
Of all the plants statewide