'81 Joanna Newsom
Lyrics
I found a little plot of land
in the Garden of Eden,
it was dirt, and dirt is all the same.
I tilled it with my two hands
and I called it my very own,
there was no one to dispute my claim.
Well, you'd be shocked
at the state of things,
the whole place had just cleared right out.
It was hotter'n hell,
so I laid me by a spring, for a spell,
as naked as a trout.
The wandering eye
that I have caught
is as hot as a wandering sun.
But I will want for nothing more,
in my garden, start again,
in my hardening to every heart but one.
Meet me in the Garden of Eden,
bring a friend,
we are gonna have ourselves a time.
We are gonna have a garden party,
it's on me!
No, sirree, it's my dime.
We broke our hearts,
in the war between
Saint George and the dragon.
But both, in equal parts,
are welcome to come along,
I'm inviting everyone.
Farewell to loves
that I have known,
even muddiest waters run.
Tell me what is meant by sin or none,
in a garden seceded
from the union in the year of '81?
The unending amends you've made
are enough for one life.
Be done.
I believe in innocence, little darling.
Start again.
I believe in everyone.
in the Garden of Eden,
it was dirt, and dirt is all the same.
I tilled it with my two hands
and I called it my very own,
there was no one to dispute my claim.
Well, you'd be shocked
at the state of things,
the whole place had just cleared right out.
It was hotter'n hell,
so I laid me by a spring, for a spell,
as naked as a trout.
The wandering eye
that I have caught
is as hot as a wandering sun.
But I will want for nothing more,
in my garden, start again,
in my hardening to every heart but one.
Meet me in the Garden of Eden,
bring a friend,
we are gonna have ourselves a time.
We are gonna have a garden party,
it's on me!
No, sirree, it's my dime.
We broke our hearts,
in the war between
Saint George and the dragon.
But both, in equal parts,
are welcome to come along,
I'm inviting everyone.
Farewell to loves
that I have known,
even muddiest waters run.
Tell me what is meant by sin or none,
in a garden seceded
from the union in the year of '81?
The unending amends you've made
are enough for one life.
Be done.
I believe in innocence, little darling.
Start again.
I believe in everyone.
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