The Garden

When I'm in my garden I am happy

The fires burn as far as I can see

We'll raise a glass and make a toast at midnight

And dance and watch it burn, my god and me

For he offered me a seat up on a wretched wooden bench

And poured me up a nightcap right at dawn

I sank into the greatest night of sleep I'd ever had

Curled up naked in the ashes on the lawn

For we dug the roots out from the tree of life

We watched the branches fall into night