I Am A Garden

from Songs From Ratbag and Other Gutter Favourites by Polka Dogs

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I am a garden
I am a garden
Into the cool stream I will go
Into the cool stream I will go
I retrace my steps and wander back to the garden.

I heard a story about a fisherman
Dreamed he saw visions of Babylon
All night long he wept in waves
Ghost boats showing him his grave

I heard a story about a fisherman
Dreamed he saw visions of Babylon
All night long he wept in waves
Ghost boats showing him his grave, his grave, his grave.

Coast guard came by chance at dawn
Looking not for him but other men gone
Thirteen lost so far this storm
Until we find our fisherman alive and alone

The rescuers shout joy at their find.
"At last we've found one man Alive!"
The rescuers shout joy at their find.
"At last we've found one man Alive!"

The rescuers shout joy at their find.
"At last we've found one man Alive!"
One man not a hero or a saint
Just one man alive in deadly drink.

We all cry for our survivor
"Nothing means a lot when even that is gone!"
We all cry for our survivor
"Nothing means a lot when even that is gone!"

I am a garden
I am a garden
Into the cool stream I will go
Into the cool stream I will go
I retrace my steps and wander back to the garden.

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from Songs From Ratbag and Other Gutter Favourites, released December 1, 1992

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