Garlic

Every year we planted in the Fall
Covered the garlic up with straw
We would laugh about the tears
We'd push the bulbs down in the dirt
We would joke about the hurt
And how we'll try another year
Now they're buried underneath
The winter soil and all the grief
We tried our best to make it through
Maybe Spring will bring the rain
And feed the shoots and wash the pain
Away from me and you
Maybe Spring will bring the rain
And wash away the pain
We tried our best to make it through
Me and you
And in the spring after the snow
We tend and give 'em room to grow
Little green and sprouting proudly
They were reaching for the sun
But you and me had come undone
And now we split the bounty
And in the spring After the snow
We'd give 'em room to grow
We tried our best
To make it through
Me and you
And now I work the Autumn lands
With newer dreams and different hands
As we turn towards December
And in the spring they'll poke above
And maybe teach us about love
So we can lean in to the splendor
And in the Spring they'll poke above
Maybe teach us about love
We tried our best to make it through
Me and you
Every year we planted in the Fall
Covered the garlic up with straw