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In Your Garden
02:25
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I was standing alone in your garden
Asparagus stared up to see
Me beg your green beans for a pardon
Your tomatoes all laughed at me
Whispers were heard from the pea pods
Cabbage turned their heads away
Cucumbers calculated odds
Of whether you would let me stay
Come out, come out my darling
I'm down in the dirt on my knees
Come out, come out my darling
Oh please forgive me
I prayed that the peppers persuade you
I beseeched the beets just to try
I summoned the summer squashes too
The onions and I had a cry
Come out, come out my darling
I'm down in the dirt on my knees
Come out, come out my darling
Oh please forgive me
Oh please forgive me
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An Auction In Highland
03:36
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There was an auction in Highland today
It was the final step before they move away
To a city way out west
I'll see my cousins off, I wish them the best
Last year three families left town
I saw my pool of friends drain further down
No one around here likes to be confused
No one around here talks like I do
There was an auction in Highland
There was an auction in Highland
They drive their pickup trucks up and down the street
It's a mating call that doesn't call to me
I'll keep to myself and graduate in May
After that I guess, well, I'll be on my way
There was an auction in Highland
There was an auction in Highland
There was an auction in Highland
There was an auction in Highland
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Backyard
03:31
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It's so easy to say the words you want to say
It never seems to worry you in any way
I wish I could spit it out as good as you
I always have to pause and take a beat or two
And when I let it out, I guess I always fear
My thoughts are not conveyed, I am not being clear
But I want to speak my mind, now, don't you get me wrong
I just have to write it out or put it in a song
I bought a pack of pencils at the dollar store
I brought them home and searched inside my heart some more
I sharpened one and wrote something to sing to you
I thought I'd fall in love; I thought that you would too
But I was never bold enough to bring it out
I always lacked the courage; I was filled with doubt
And time moved on, 'cause time is sad and time is hard
But do you think that we could meet in your backyard
Let's not talk about the news or politics
Let's not parrot YouTube televangelists
Let's not dream of luxury amenities
Let's not fetishize lives of celebrities
Let's not discuss all the things we can't control
Let's get up and take ourselves a little stroll
I want to say it now before I'm out of time
I loved you then, I love you now, say you'll be mine
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It's springtime here on the farm
And I'm embracing its rural charm
Growing there in the yard
I say, "What is that?" Mom says, "It's rhubarb."
"Oh yeah, strawberry-rhubarb pie,
I had a slice one time up in Black River Falls."
Mom says, "Well, why not take some home, make yourself a pie
'Cause we don't care for rhubarb at all."
I go to my local grocery store
"No strawberries today, tomorrow we'll have some more"
Next day, strawberries in hand
I get a recipe and start to follow its plan:
Strawberries, sugar and starch
Don't forget the rhubarb, that's the main part
Bake it up and then let it cool
Get ready to taste it, just try not to drool
Uh can I tell you something
I'm not sure I like rhubarb pie
It might be too sour for this guy
I'm not sure I like rhubarb pie
Even with strawberries
I'm not sure I like rhubarb pie
It might be too sour for this guy
I'm not sure I like rhubarb pie
Even with strawberries
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Sunset
02:47
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The Old House
03:21
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I went by the old house today
Well, nothing's changed
Yes, everything's the same
The weather vane and metal downspout
The apple tree that Dad let you pick out
Golden Delicious, do you remember?
Four-season porches
Fully winterized
Summer dandelion butter fans chasing fireflies
Do you remember?
Water wars and honest fights, you know
I saw them through the driver's side window
Creeping slow, I watched it all go away
I don't know why, but I went by today
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Josh Leahy Chicago, Illinois
Raised in and around Midwest farmland, Josh Leahy is an American songwriter and recording artist. Influenced by mid-20th century pop and rock, classic folk and country, and turn of the century indie music, he tries to write and make songs with thoughtful lyrics. Though he many times pledged his head, heart, hands and health to his local 4-H club as a youth, Josh Leahy is now based in Chicago. ... more
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