Common Garden

In my common garden, I sleep with the lights on
I sleep with the lights on night after night
In my common garden, I need all my lights on
I need lots of lights on to make me feel right
In my common garden, I sleep with the lights on
Did you keep the lights on after the fight?
After the fight?

Who’s a friend and who’s pretend?
Who can stay and who can get away?
Who am I to say either way?
All alone in a place I call my own
Who’s a friend as I descend?
Who can keep my secrets as I sleep?
All to trade pleasure from pain
A common garden in my brain

In my common garden, I sleep with the lights on
I sleep with the lights on night after night
In my common garden, I need all my lights on
I need lots of lights on to make me feel right
Yeah, in my common garden, I sleep with the lights on
Did you keep the lights on after the fight?
After the fight?

There’s a time to toe the line
And a space for craving saving face
But who am I to trace out a place
Just for me à la « petite bourgeoisie »?
Who’s the one in my long run?
Who can hold a secret’s weight in gold?
All to trade fear for the feel
A common garden will be real

In my common garden, I sleep with the lights on
I sleep with the lights on night after night
In my common garden, I need all my lights on
I need lots of lights on to make me feel right
In my common garden, I sleep with the lights on
Did you keep the lights on after the fight?
After the fight?

Who’s a friend and who’s pretend?
Who will stay and who will go astray?
Who am I to say either way?
No backbone with a garden overgrown
Who’s a friend as I ascend?
Who will keep my secrets when I weep?
All to seek pleasure in kind
A common garden state of mind

In my common garden, I sleep with the lights on
I sleep with the lights on night after night
In my common garden, I need all my lights on
I need lots of lights on to make me feel right
In my common garden, I sleep with the lights on
Did you keep the lights on after the fight?
After the fight?