We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

City Garden

from City Garden by Jess Klein

/

lyrics

Been lookin' at my city garden.
For almost twelve months now.
I been thinkin' bout a bargain.
About tearin' that old fence down.
The day that I moved in here.
Found a single rusted lawn chair.
And a note that said.
Go and get 'em girl
Go and get 'em girl
Set of keys in my hand.
For an empty room
On a small but wild plot of land

When August came there grew a billion weeds
Shot out from in the core
I pulled till I fell to my knees
But those roots seemed to spread more and more
I waved the neighbors over
I said Hey look this over
Shielding their eyes, they cried
Go and get 'em girl
Go and get 'em girl
Turned back to their land
But my rugged green
Kept on pushing new life up to stand

I used to date a boy in Paris
Until I hit New York
And aren't we velvet-petalled roses
Til we're up against the big sharks
Rooted on this island
My thoughts they started climbing
And it grew and grew

I would leave him there
I would leave him there

But then he let me go
He let me go
He must have known
That roots this deep
Only can bring forth
One bloom to grow

Been lookin' at my city garden.
For almost twelve months now.
I been thinkin' bout a bargain.
About tearin' that old fence down.

credits

from City Garden , released January 1, 2006

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jess Klein Hillsborough, North Carolina

Rochester, NY native Jess Klein is known for staking out brave lyrical and musical territory with such albums as Wishes Well Disguised (1998), Draw Them Near (2000), Strawberry Lover (2005), City Garden (2006), Bound to Love (2009), Behind A Veil (2012) and Learning Faith (2014) which Folk Radio UK calls “unquestionably the finest album of [her] impressive career.” ... more

shows

contact / help

Contact Jess Klein

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Jess Klein recommends:

If you like Jess Klein, you may also like: