Garden Song

Someday, I'm gonna live In your house up on the hill And when your skinhead neighbor goes missing I'll plant a garden in the yard then They're gluing roses on a flatbed You should see it, I mean thousands I grew up here 'til it all went up in flames Except the notches in the door frame I don't know when you got taller See our reflection in the water Off a bridge at the Huntington I hopped the fence when I was 17 Then I knew what I wanted And when I grow up, I'm gonna look up From my phone and see my life And it's gonna be just like my recurring dream I'm at the movies I don't remember what I'm seeing The screen turns into a tidal wave Then it's a dorm room like a hedge maze And when I find you You touch my leg, and I insist But I wake up before we do it I don't know how, but I'm taller It must be something in the water Everything's growing in our garden You don't have to know that it's haunted The doctor put her hands over my liver She told me my resentment's getting smaller No, I'm not afraid of hard work I get everything I want I have everything I wanted