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tend the garden - gang of youths lyrics

i was young it was the 60s you see
i never wanted to be the chief of anything
so it was singing in the church for me
behind the organ was as close as i’d ever be
there was a woman that i knew before
she was in auckland she was spoken for
my hair was short my skin was brown
i did construction work from town to town
there were things we did and should not have done
been half a century since i seen my sons

lord knows if
they would ever forgive me i won’t
forgive myself at least
there are strange forces
in the air only time can unleash
in a way i still believe

i fell in love it was the 90s you see
i met a woman across the tasman in ‘83
and we settled down and raised a couple kids
but i couldn’t bring myself to tell ’em what i did
i hope that one day if they find my sons
they’ll tell ’em everything that i’ve become
and i will hold it ‘til my dying breath
when i tend garden i will think of them
but my youngest kid, he can’t shut his mouth
i guess it won’t be long ‘til the truth is out
lord knows if
they would ever forgive me i don’t
forgive myself at least
there are strange forces
in the air only time can release
in a way i still believe

in the instance of pain
i look straight down at the iris
if the irises fade
i spend days out in the yard
in the absence of rain
i take a seat down at the organ
and i play
lord i play
ah!

- gang of youths lyrics

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