Garden in the City

There's a garden in the city

I visit when I have the time

There's an old who's willing

To listen when I need advice

I tell him bout me and everything that's new

It don't hold a candle to all he's been through

There's a garden in the city

And that's where I learn about life

After serving his country

He tried to be normal once more

But sometimes the voices

Are more than a man can ignore

His family they did all that they could

But he felt so alone and misunderstood

There's a garden in the city

And that's where he spends his time

And he once had a wife

He once had a daughter

And you'd find him in church

Giving love to the father

You can't take it back

Once you take a life

There's a garden in the city

Now that's where he takes his time

And he once had a wife

He once had a daughter

And you'd find him in church

Giving love to the father

You can't take it back

Once you take a life

There's a garden in the city

And that's where his headstone lies

There's a garden in the city

That's where my daddy resides