Story Behind The Song

I am honing the fine art of resisting toxic relationships. The more opportunities I have, the better I get at it. This song is a passionate affirmation of that mission.

Song Description

Tending to the garden of one's own self, cultivating one's inner integrity strengthens the self, and makes it easier to resist toxic relationships.

Lyrics

She sat me down in her chair, she started to speak
The shot that she gave me made dizzy and weak
Wherever she goes she says she's startin to hear
Someone talkin bad about me

And though she thinks I'm funny
That we got something
She'd be a fool if what she heard she didn't heed

She says she's had a big plan since just a young girl
To be the big star on top of the world
On the verge of success, now she's serious
And careful about her company
And though she thinks I'm funny, we got something good
She'd be a fool if what she heard she didn't heed

So I said "Stop, nothin more you need say;
Anyway I gotta pray for some rain.
It's so dry my heart's startin to harden;
While you're busy chasin fame I'll be home
Tendin my garden"

I was out pullin some weeds deep in my dirt
She called me to see was I over the hurt
She thinks about us, maybe we should get back
But everybody still talks bad about me
I said on way to the top don't you lose sight of yourself
She said I am whoever I gotta be

So I said "Stop, nothin more you need say;
Anyway I gotta pray for some rain.
It's so dry my heart's startin to harden;
While you're busy chasin fame I'll be home
Tendin my garden"

I'd rather help things grow, watch them struggle and bloom
But I never assume their fate I can always know
There's such great mystery in the heart of all things

No regrets now at all, I'm workin the soil
I don't waste my time in all that turmoil
She calls me once in a while braggin bout who she knows
And all the ways she's gonna succeed
She says she misses my humor, wouldn't mind stoppin by
Well I'm a fool if what I hear I didn't heed

So I said "Stop, nothin more you need say;
Anyway I gotta pray for some rain.
It's so dry my heart's startin to harden;
While you're busy chasin fame I'll be home
Tendin my garden"

Oh yeah - tendin my garden