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Garden Variety

from Prodigal Sun by The Academy Blues Project

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When you’ve spent all your life fighting guns against arrows
And you cut down the tree you once used for your gallows
Don’t try to convince us you’re not gonna shoot
We can tell, all too well, hatred stems from the roots

Now as you age and your gate narrows
We step in stride, you relinquish your battles
Your axe dulling more with every blow
And we, gaining strength with each new growth

We are all garden variety
We are all garden variety
We are all garden variety
Though we've strayed a long way from the start

Now your tree is picked bare and your homestead is barren
The lay of the land t'was sentenced to Adam
And nothing is new at least under the sun
It’s a rear mirror view of all things to come

So let the blind patriots clamor to talk first
We'll hide our subversive verses in the second verse
From the seeds of dissent the sprouts will break free
Watch them flower and writhe in the fecundity

We are all garden variety
We are all garden variety
We are all garden variety
Though we've strayed a long way from the start

We are all garden variety
We are all garden variety
We are all garden variety
Though we've strayed a long way from the start

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from Prodigal Sun, released December 30, 2021

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The Academy Blues Project (ABP) is a band from New York City. The group’s music—including three albums from 2021—blends electric storytelling with elements of rock, the namesake blues, power pop and classic soul.

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