The Garden Song by The Mountain Goats
The Garden Song by The Mountain Goats

The Garden Song

The Mountain Goats * Track #1 On The Hound Chronicles

The Garden Song Lyrics

[Intro: spoken sample]
Where's Spike when you need him? Huh?
I'm warning you
You? Warning me?
Cut it out!

[Verse 1]
I see the flowers in your garden are in bloom
I see the flags are flying high
I hear you've gone and rearranged things in your room
I guess you're trying to cut-off my air supply

[Verse 2]
I came toward your window, real slowly
I knew deep down I was about to strike oil
I guess by the now the flowers in your garden know me
I felt them trying to get at me through the soil

[Verse 3]
My bare feet felt the cool, soft dirt
Moving up my ankles, but I don't fear you
The thorns began tearing at my shirt
But I didn't even care when they tore clear through

[Outro]
Your garden can't hurt me
Your flowers don't threaten my life
Your garden can't hurt me anymore
Your flowers don't threaten my life

The Garden Song Q&A

Who wrote The Garden Song's ?

The Garden Song was written by John Darnielle.

What did The Mountain Goats say about "The Garden Song"?

John Darnielle before playing this song at Pitzer College in Claremont, CA on December 02, 2006:

Like a lot of college singer-songwriter guys, I thought it’d be really intense if you had songs where the rejected lover is, like, totally stalking somebody. You may find this with your guys with acoust...

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