From the recording Mascara Non Grata
dedicated to Lori Frankian
Lyrics
She has a beautiful garden
She tends to it all the time
But the sweetest bud will not open
No matter how I try
I know this blossom is special
Even though it tries to hide
And I’m just the fertilizer,
And the water and the bright sunshine
This flower is small but tremendous
Its fragrance gets me high
She shows it to barely anybody
For fear that the small one might die
I can’t seem to convince her
That the small one will have its day
But the worms and the birds and the bugs and the people
Will see it wither away, she said