Byrds - Mind Gardens Lyrics
Once upon a time...There was a gardenOn a high hillGreen and blossomin' roundAgainst the seaAnd there the sun cameAnd the rain pourin' downGarden grewAnd flourishedAnd splattered bits of color on the groundAnd it took shapeAnd symmetryAnd all of life aroundBut there came windsDriven and howlingThere came snowAnd I feared for the gardenSo I built a wallAnd I built anotherAnd roofed it overThick and strongAnd kept it from the slings and arrowsOf outrageous fortuneThe killing cold could not get inBut when the sun cameAnd the gentle rain of springThey could not reach the gardenBehind those wallsIt would have died,Safely, securely, died...But as I longedAnd as I learnedI tore the walls all downThe garden still lives...