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This Garden Place

from RISE by Elaine Mahon

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My front yard garden began when we lost a great laurel oak. I planted a live oak to replace the laurel and then dug up all the remaining grass and started seeding wildflowers. Almost every day someone stops to admire the flowers, birds, and butterflies. The garden reminds me just how miraculous all this life on Earth really is and how truly connected we are to all that is living.

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This Garden Place
© 2011 Mary Elaine Mahon/Six Pelicans Publishing (BMI)

My hands and feet are filthy, my hair’s in disarray
I’m digging in my front yard on a muggy August day
I feel fine and I’ve found grace in this garden place
Bees in conversation, butterflies abound
Mockingbird in yonder tree, makes a joyful sound
He feels fine and he’s found grace in this garden place

(Chorus) Something’s always blooming Summer, Fall or Spring
Winter slows and sleeps the ground, so playful while it dreams

A brilliant flash of red, a glint of emerald green
A Ruby-throat swoops by, rests on a branch and preens
Beneath the wild blueberry bush, kicking up the leaves
Towhee dressed in orange and black is singing “drink your tea”
He feels fine and he’s found grace in this garden place

(Chorus)

People stop to wonder, beauty they have found
Here’s a banquet for the soul rising right up from the ground
They’re for a moment mesmerized and what was lost is found
They sip this sweet elixir and the knots just come unwound

They feel fine, they’ve found grace in this garden place
They feel fine, they’ve found grace in this garden place
… in this garden place

credits

from RISE, track released January 29, 2013
Lead Vocal and Acoustic: Elaine Mahon
Harmony Vocals: Elisabeth Williamson & Elaine Mahon
Bass: Lon Williamson
Fiddle: Jason Thomas
Percussion: Dave Kelsay

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Elaine Mahon Gainesville, Florida

With her 2017 release, REACH FOR THE STARS, Elaine Mahon has written a collection of songs that evoke a sense of wonder while inspiring hope and offering empowerment. Mahon's songs reflect her perspective as an astronomer, while remaining deeply rooted in the natural world we all live in. Mahon performs solo at festivals, venues and house concerts in Florida and throughout the Southeastern US. ... more

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