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It All Started In The Garden

by Dick Aven

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1.
This Is How I Am 04:00
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I wanted to waste it all by myself But we didn’t take time to think things through Now it’s spring and we’ve been hypnotized Like young lovers under starry skies I wonder can you describe how you feel In words and not telepathically Now that summer has been sacrificed on the altar of the ones who lie This is how I am oh oh this is how I am She said we should save some for someone else But she didn’t say how much to save Not much older than the sell by date I should tell her that my money’s late x
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No Clue 03:23
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Once I thought it it was always in my head Once I killed it it lived underneath my bed I could sense it when I held my breath Without it being said It wanted me dead I was told but I was never told the truth She don’t know it but your mama’s lying too And your dad is always trying to protect your mom and you What else can they do? For you What else can they do? It's that moment your imagination chain reaction shakes you beyond reason Oh you cling to your old life as if you really have no clue at all No clue at all From now on I won’t be talking any shiit Call me fed up count how many bucks I give. Reaper lookin’ pointy fingered opportunists take your cue What else can I do? For you What else can I do? No clue at all No clue at all x
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Too Far Gone 03:44
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Brooding Reminiscing over you Not today Blinking Nothing ever lasts for long anyway When I’m off when I’m not on All my confidence is gone I tell myself you can’t be serious When you don’t know what you saw at all And hesitate to entertain a thought it’s too far gone Listen when you can’t believe your eyes In the dark Feel me Listen with your feelers out To the tune When I’m off when I’m not on All my confidence is gone I tell myself you can’t be serious When you don’t know what you saw at all And hesitate to entertain a thought it’s too far gone It’s too far gone x
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Moments Face to Face 03:34
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I know you have so much to think about so let there be no doubt of my love I want you to know you stole my soul and when you gave it back slipped through the cracks in my heart I’ve been hooked since our very first Moments face to face I’d have looked however long Now we don't have to wait for another life in another time In another world Some nights when we’re alone we smoke so much and then we talk so much about shit Letting all the ants get into every single thing we bring out to the picnic table I’ve been hooked since our very first Moments face-to-face I’d have looked however long Now we don’t have to wait for another life in another time In another world In another world in another time in another life In another world x
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Island Of My Own 03:01
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I left the farm And I sailed away to find An island of my own I write you now dear To clear you from my mind I’ll not be coming home Please please release me I feel you pining me back to you I won’t return So just burn our sheets and this Sealed without a kiss Warm regards from my new home an island of my own Please please release me I feel you pining me back to you I left the farm And sailed away to find An island of my own Island of my own Island of my own x
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It All Started In The Garden 03:29
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I found a master key under a lemon tree Dark lock of hair A prayer Spirit with spirit meet At the party getting started and we’re hanging in the garden in the soft wind I wanna fly your kite Forever in suspense Maybe a day a night what if it never ends At the party getting started and we're hanging in the garden in the soft wind Now we’re gonna lift up up up up away Now we’re gonna lift up up up up away It all started in the garden It all started in the garden Now we’re gonna lift up up up up away Now we’re gonna lift up up up up away x
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Being Still 04:04
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Oh I wish that I could say what’s real World’s a stage the thrill Is gone Drum it up What next will play to snare the wild ones Can you see now do you recognize Catch yourself in someone else’s eyes like a child When you think that you’re just so far out Turn your ass around and come back Everything is sure to settle in to the pile Can you see now do you recognize Catch yourself in someone else’s eyes like a child Proudly show you know how it feels Conquer the world being still Kindly show you know how it feels Conquer the world being still
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Old Black Mold 02:53
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It’s too dangerous to talk about things that might confuse the people more and after all you don’t want to end up in court just a warning of sorts Oh, Dr. Underscore Yummy show me what you're not allowed to show There’s something wrong with this deception we’ve been sold and it’s growin’ black mold WHO says you’re not going anywhere Not till you pay their toll You just don’t have two legs to stand on Not till they own your soul Old black mold Old black mold Old black mold Let’s not forget how much our government loves us and would never ever let us starve Just carry on we know they always get it right Keep on drinking fluoride Old black mold Old black mold Old black mold x
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Glorious Flashes Of Light 04:02
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When we eloped the stars were out in the day how could we let ourselves forget the way they fell among the most glorious flashes of light hearing you say everyone's home everyone's safe venturing into the unknown territory among the most glorious flashes of light now it's over I don't I don't wanna go now it's over and I don't I don't wanna go among the most glorious flashes glorious flashes of light Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh.... I don't wanna go
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Perpetual Weekend 03:14
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Friday night and Saturday And Sunday morning with you Friday night and Saturday Sunday afternoon Sunny afternoon Blazing afternoon

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“Dick Aven’s confident assured storytelling with narratives that linger on in the mind long after the songs have ended." - Beach Sloth

"The whole album is instrumentally accomplished and beautiful, with some organic acoustic sounds, lush electric guitars and great vocal arrangements that feel incredibly direct and unique." -Thebandcampdiaries

"Dick Aven the Alabama-born Nashville-resident multi-instrumentalist has just released a new recording which, in its sheer exuberant musicality, will take some beating not to be ranked as my favourite record of 2021. I know I am daring the universe to do better – yeah. Come on, motherfucker.
Given that Aven’s first instruments are saxes, it’s remarkable to find him writing and performing a set that is marked by chords played on the guitar which call to mind a raft of songs from the sixties in a peculiarly memorable way. Harmonically, it’s like he’s walking behind the Beatles, John Barry and Johnny Rivers and picking up scraps of what they’ve done and developing them further. It’s like finding pieces of the best pop, rock, bossa nova repurposed for today.
I downloaded this record within minutes of learning of its existence. I have played the motherfucker five times – five – in as many hours. And I ain’t done."- Stephen Trombley

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released December 25, 2020

Written, recorded and performed by Dick Aven. Mixed and Mastered by Brian David Hardin. Art by Chris Aven.

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Dick Aven Franklin, Tennessee

Dick Aven is a musician with a passion for innovative music falling somewhere in between the intimacy of folk and the experimental nature of progressive.
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