The Eavesdropping Gamgee (Remix) (Remastered)

[Verse 1] Back gate Thin hedge Lamplight on the path from the edge Boots sunk In loam Breath held like a stone far from home Names drift On air Stories that a gardener shouldn’t hear Big folk Soft talk World turning on the other side of the wall [Chorus] I’m just an eavesdropping Gamgee Mud on my hands Heart in my throat Rooted like rows of cabbages Pulled by every whispered word you spoke I never meant to learn so much Standing where the shadows meet I’m just an eavesdropping Gamgee With a pocket full of secrets and beets [Verse 2] Tea cold By dawn Chickens stir and still it goes on Old songs Half-spelled Promises too heavy to be held My name Gets called Caught like a thief by the garden wall “Come out Come clean” Fear and stubborn hope in between [Chorus] I’m just an eavesdropping Gamgee Mud on my hands Heart in my throat Rooted like rows of cabbages Pulled by every whispered word you spoke I never meant to leave this town Follow footsteps past the distant farms I’m just an eavesdropping Gamgee But I’ll carry what I heard in my arms [Bridge] Maybe I belong To tilled earth To simple songs But now I’ve heard the world is wide And wild And wrong And right So if you’re bound for thunder skies Don’t try to walk there on your own You said the words I heard them twice And now your road’s become my road (hey!) [Chorus] I’m just an eavesdropping Gamgee Mud on my hands Heart in my throat Rooted like rows of cabbages Pulled by every whispered word you spoke I never meant to change my life Just to lean my ear against the dark I’m just an eavesdropping Gamgee But I’ll follow you clear out of the Shire