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The Garden (Part 3) Lyrics
Got a little bit of soul
Got a little bit of rock 'n' roll in my bones,
Don't you bury me when I'm old
I may need 'em when I'm reborn,
When I'm reborn.
The garden that you planted is doin' well
I thought you'd like to know,
The roses are growin' on the hound dog's bones
It reminds me of the time I told you long ago:
"Darlin' let's let our hair grow long
We can work on a farm, maybe live on a mountain.
I got an old hound dog, likes to run,
He needs a lot of room and he hates to be chained up."
Just like me, just like we are supposed to be.
Just like me, just like we are supposed to be.
Just like me, just like we are supposed to be.
Just like me, just like we are supposed to be.
The mountain's sinking, the river's rising,
The sky is falling, I fear I'm dying.
The forest is creeping in, I cannot stop it,
I don't want to try now, I can't remember how
I used to dream about them valley highways
Before I was chained to this country by way
And you left me here, letting freedom tear us apart.
Chorus
Got a little bit of rock 'n' roll in my bones,
Don't you bury me when I'm old
I may need 'em when I'm reborn,
When I'm reborn.
I thought you'd like to know,
The roses are growin' on the hound dog's bones
It reminds me of the time I told you long ago:
We can work on a farm, maybe live on a mountain.
I got an old hound dog, likes to run,
He needs a lot of room and he hates to be chained up."
Just like me, just like we are supposed to be.
Just like me, just like we are supposed to be.
Just like me, just like we are supposed to be.
The sky is falling, I fear I'm dying.
The forest is creeping in, I cannot stop it,
I don't want to try now, I can't remember how
I used to dream about them valley highways
Before I was chained to this country by way
And you left me here, letting freedom tear us apart.
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I think this song is about reflecting on life and how good it was to you. He's got his girl and they were free spirits back in the day, and now they are growing older and maturing. It sounds like he doesn't have the girl anymore with the line "And you left me here, letting freedom tear us apart." The chorus just like me, just like we are supposed to be, is saying that she was supposed to stay still be with him, living their lives together like they planned originally. This song is awesome, I love this band. Rock and Roll Band has an awesome live version. My buddy actually met these guys at a show at the Canopy Club and chiefed sum herb and drank sum beers, these guys are a really talented underground band.
I see where you are coming from with the whole reflection of his life. You can see that with the second set of lyrics he is talking about the hound dogs bones, and then he says, "It reminds me of the time I told you long ago:" and then goes into what he supposedly told her long ago, where the hound dog is alive and likes to run so it is an obvious reflection on his life. I think the line: just like me, just like we are supposed to be is referring to how the hound dog doesn't like to be chained up and run free- and he is saying that is how humans should live their lives, unchained, and then the second to last line he says, "before I was chained to this country by way" saying that looking back on his life he wishes that he did all those things that he talked about to the girl and now that he is dying is realizing that he spent his whole life chained up. The last line is just him saying that he wishes that the girl would have helped him lead a more free spirited life like he had talked about.