##song notes## Songs from my life: Age range 7-10, place Sylvan gardens on the edge of new west and burnaby. It's close to where Michael J. Fox went to school at edmonds secondary. Just a piece of time and a very memorable place. [Verse 1] I was a kid, nine years old Met Steven by the fence I was a kiwi, he's an aussie Together we made sense IGA on the corner Paper sacks, wet sleeves Edmonds on my walk home That walk would stick with me [Pre-Chorus] Burned-out lot on both sides Like it wanted no one there One wrong look, one bad step Pied piper in the air [Chorus] I was in the garden I was stuck in the garden Hold me to the fence Keep me on the map Say its name once Then let it drop I was in the garden Carrying a lot [Verse 2] Hamster on my balcony One fall, then the next Too small to know the pattern Too young to feel the flex Then the body on the walk home Me and Steven poking with a stick Fireworks in my hands That red flash and burn hit quick [Pre-Chorus] Saw the manager get smacked He folded in one shot That alley held its breath Entire complex never forgot [Chorus] I was in the garden I was stuck in the garden Hold me to the fence Keep me on the map Say its name once Then let it drop I was in the garden I was carrying a lot [Bridge] Twelve Ave School That was my ground Diving board trip Chin split, face down Steven from Australia Laughing in the heat Then the van came slow And we barely moved our feet [Chorus] I was in the garden I was stuck in the garden Hold me to the fence Keep me on the map Say its name once Then let it drop I was in the garden Always felt like a lot [Outro] Edmonds in my bones Twelve Ave in my skin I was lost, but got to live Leaving the Gardens was my win Sylvan Gardens, see you in my dreams. (nightmares)
