The Garden

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The Garden
By George Jones   [3/4 time]
 
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She planted roses the first year we married
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It soon was a garden we'd go walking through 
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My job kept me traveling but when I came home to heaven  
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She was so proud to show me all the love that she grew 
 
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I heard her talking one day to an old friend
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She said I don't want to hurt him but it's out of control 
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I feel so guilty cause he'll be so helpless   
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He won't understand why I've just got to go 
 
 
Now I come to the garden alone  
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All my reasons I once had for living are gone
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Sometimes when I feel like I just 
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Can't go on I come to the garden alone
  
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No one can imagine just how much I miss her 
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I'd give up this whole world to once more hold her near
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It's just beyond me why God took her from me  
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I bet the flowers in heaven are looking better this year 
 
 
Now I come to the garden alone  
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Where the dew kissed the roses where weeds now have grown
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Sometimes when I feel like I just 
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Can't go on I come to the garden alone