Ghost in the Garden (demo)

from Transitory [demo album] by Leslie Hudson

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I have planted two epic gardens in my life: one around an apple tree; one beneath a scarlet oak. The garden with the oak tree grew larger every year until I discovered a buried stone wall that had once framed the garden, but had been lost beneath the lawn.

The woman who lived there before me was called Lillian, and 40 years she had spent in her garden before I arrived. After I unearthed and restored those stones, I felt her kneeling beside me every day. The two of us silent, our hands in the soil we both loved.

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I built a garden around an apple tree
Planned it all out in my mind
A manifest ecstasy
I carved a space out of time
Rose of Sharon trees all in a line
I let the Engelmann ivy climb and climb
Sweet woodruff all in the shade
Crowding the dolmen I made
I knew each flower, leaf, berry and branch
And I loved every blade

I have loved a garden into life
All of that dirt all over my hands
Is my delight
I have loved a garden into life
All of that rooting down into the land
Is my delight
My earthly delight

I built a garden beneath a scarlet oak
Followed the bones of the garden that was asleep
And then awoke

Hands of the gardener long gone
Weeding beside me, our knees on the lawn
The ghost in the garden with me
And the bees go humming along
Mourning cloaks fluttering past
Painted ladies emerge just to bask
The sun on my hair and the scent of the soil
Is all I ask

I have loved a garden into life
All of that dirt all over my hands
Is my delight (my delight)
I have loved a garden into life
All of that rooting down into the land
Is my delight

My earthly delight, oh
My earthly delight

This is my earthly delight
You can see double in the right light
When I look back at the ghost in the garden
I can see double

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from Transitory [demo album], releases June 20, 2024

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Leslie Hudson Stratford, Ontario

Leslie Hudson is a Canadian singer songwriter and pianist. Their albums range from storytelling styles to bluesy bar rock to dialed-up, full-band homages to pop culture. With lyrical piano skills and a voice that cuts through the crowd, their songs dive deep into archetype and folklore, modernizing ancient voices & shining a spotlight on the shadowy paths we walk through life, myth and media. ... more

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