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 

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