Garden

She stops for coffee every morning
Grabs the paper while she's yawning
Wishing she was still in bed
And though her cup is always full
The 8am express is leaving her without
A choice to stay
But where does she go
And who really knows the girl deep inside
The one she always tries to hide

Julie, Julie don't you know
You're riding on a carousel
That's going no where round and round
And round when will it end
Don't ever be afraid
To ride upon the biggest pony
Open up the gates and let it carry you away

She works so hard without a break
But every now and then she dreams
Of all, the lovely places she could go
She wonders if she will ever arrive

Where do I go from here?
Or am I just like a clock spinning 'round?
Everything seems unclear
Confusion is raising its head and I can't make a sound

And I feel it
Tearing at my soul while I'm asleep
I feel it
Driving me to something I'll regret

What if I make the change?
What if I lose all my courage this time?
Everything seems so strange
Try but I can't seem to make a decision that's right

I feel it
Pounding like a drum inside my brain
I feel it
If it doesn't stop I'll go insane

I feel it
Tearing at my soul while I'm asleep
I feel it
Driving me to something I'll regret

I feel it
I feel it
If it doesn't stop I'll go insane

I feel it
I feel it
I feel it
I feel it
I feel it

I get confused when I'm tired
But the last time I saw you
We were in a room with
Sunshine in my eyes and
Water on the floor
I watched you float away
Take me with you

A long time ago we were
Walking around we were
Foolin' around in the garden
In the garden there I saw you turn around
And still you turn around
My eyes are playing tricks on me
How I miss you

*I could be your lover
Chained under the water
Under the water I could be standing on a ladder
To make it easier
To make it easier

Your eyes are coloured stone
You've got an earring through your nose
Your chains are made of gold
I don't think they will float
But floating is what you do
That is beautiful
That is you

**I could be your lover
Chained under the water
Under the water I could be swimming out to
save you No one there would save you
To make it easier

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I came across a cache of old photos
And invitations to teenage parties
"Dress in white" one said, with quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: "We were never feeling bored

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end"

When I went I left from the station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said: "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and I had scored
I'd bolted through a closing door
I would never find myself feeling bored

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend

Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never dreamt that I would get to be
The creature that I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere here with me

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend

And we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never being boring
We were never being bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We were never being bored

Little flower how you've grown so fast
Seems like only yesterday
Little flower how your beauty lasts
It always will to me

Floating in around the trees
Flighty as an autumn breeze
Nothing has upset you
All the pain has left you

Little flower lying in the sun
How you soak up every ray
Little flower take it while you're young
It may never shine again

When you open up I see
What a gift you've given me
Nothing has upset you
All the pain has left you

Little flower have you grown to be
Everything you wanted
Little flower is your earth complete
It always seems to be

What we give we reap and sow
Closer to me that you know
I could never let you go
I would never want to

My sentiment will bore you senseless I know
But I've got to tell you something
I want to be a satellite to your world
Spinning in the universe

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When all the pleasures in heaven are yours
You can take what you want from me
You got me spinning around you
You got me spinning around you
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Look at me I'm a bony bit of skinny confidence
But that might be my photograph
From the top of the highest peak you can watch me Spinning in the universe

When all the pleasures in heaven are yours
You can take what you want from me

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My sentiment still bores you senseless I know
But I've got to show you something I found
Here's a photo of an astronaut
And there's you and me spinning in the background

Ten million ways I've tried to get into heaven
But they always chase me out again
God says I'm wasting my time
And he know I haven't got a lot of time

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