Garden Of Lavender

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Was on a flight home from—well, it doesn’t matter
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With eleven hours, a million thoughts were gathering

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My mind kept going to my garden of lavender
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I wanted to get to them so they wouldn’t die

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When I got home, they were dry as wheat
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While the vines thrived around them B-horror film green

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Not sure what my lavender symbolize
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But inside my heart cried

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My heart is drawn to the small out-of-the-way things
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That I can’t help but to give my focus and attention and care

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Cause they shut off what hijacks my brain
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And help to tune out what can cause me pain

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And I care for the animals around my yard
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And my sister’s children and I care for my garden

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Swarmed upon by bumblebees
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And yellow jackets and wasps and hornets that can dart out and sting


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I see the big orange tabby cat
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Getting warm on the cover of the hot tub

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He turns over on his back
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Looking for a belly rub

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I see the deer tracks in the snow
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On the animal path
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That leads into my backyard

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I hear the sound of my girlfriend’s car
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Coming up the driveway and it fills my heart With joy

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Though I know it will all end someday
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And someone else will be sleeping in my mountain house

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Wondering who lived here before
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Just like I sometimes do
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Though I never really cared to explore

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I see the chocolate and peanut butter cat
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I look at him and he looks back
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I snap my fingers and blow him a kiss

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He rubs his head against my hand and we reminisce
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I walk downtown and see the Christmas lights
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Along the highway and how they shine

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And I’m reminded of when I was a child
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And how happy I felt when I opened the box and saw a guitar inside


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Was on a flight to somewhere I can’t remember
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I feel like I’ve lived so many lives, I can’t put it all together

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Dordrecht, Holland, yeah that was it
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I had a nice dinner with a concert promoter and his Korean wife, Suyoung Kim

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Then dropped me off at an old spooky hotel
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I felt like an old man in a castle looking over at the canal

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And I went and I played for a crowd but my heart wasn’t there
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I came back to my room and slouched in my bed

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And I fell asleep still stewing about my dried up lavender
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And I fell asleep in the dark dead night


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And I dreamed of a bluejay picking up a seed
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And passing it to another’s beak

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Then watched him soar to another branch
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Then a baby possum hissed at me as I crept up on him near a trash can

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And I woke up one rainy morning in Dordrecht, Holland
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Then got on a flight for London, England