The Garden from Paper Wealth by Erica Dee Mah

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3.	The Garden	2:59

Lyrics

Inch by inch, and stone by stone
Build a garden for a home

Sweep out the pinecones
Wave to the neighbours
Dig a pond for the lilies
Surrounded by water

Row by row, we watch it grow
To a garden bright and full

Scrap plans for the freeway
These parts are worth saving
Bamboo flowers rarely
From both sides of the ocean

Street by street, we feel the defeat
Put bars on the shop windows
We’ve still got the garden
We’ve still got the garden
Madonna is watching
Over the Saltwater City

Credits

from Paper Wealth, track released May 10, 2024
Written by Erica Dee Mah with inspiration from the American singer-songwriter, David Mallett who wrote the beautiful "Garden Song" in 1975.

Erica Dee Mah - guzheng, vocals
Darcy McCord - cello
Jordy Walker - percussion
Alana Martinson - violin
Toby Moisey - alto flute

Produced, mixed and engineered by Jordy Walker at Stackwall Sound, Whitehorse, YT

Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova at Bova Lab Studio, Ottawa, ON

Cover photography by Erik Pinkerton

This album was created on the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council. This recording was made possible thanks to the support of the Yukon Government.

Copyright Erica Dee Mah, SOCAN, 2024 © all rights reserved

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