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TWO GARDENS (Medford)

No more tick-tock talons closing on my day.
Wish for weekends and I'll wish my life away.

No more tip-top talker wasting every day.
Strength to put my thought in action straightaway.

Here are the pictures. All these were me since I was born.
My mind and fingers playing in keys and locks I've shorn.
Close your eyes gently to all my aging that you dread,
Think of the garden that is still weeds inside my head.

I have a garden where there are only printed leaves
Where I have laughed and cried at the beauty of the trees.
I let them banquet deep in the soil of my soul.
Is it surprizing I have an arborescent goal?


TWO GARDENS
(Medford)

Leslie Medford: all sounds and tape controls.

Written November 1978 (music) 3 March 1979 (words) [LM song number 2] 5970 Harbord Drive, Montclair, Oakland, CA.
Recorded on 4-track reel-to-reel, July 1981, 1818 Mountain Blvd, Montclair, Oakland, CA.
Driver's License photograph taken October 1978.
First appeared on Work-in-Progress cassette album, February 1982.
Remastered by Carl Salbacka & Leslie Medford
Publishing: Browbeat (BMI)

"Two Gardens" is my second song, written at about the 9-month point in my guitar-playing experience.

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from Voyage of the Dark​-​Eyed Sailor, track released November 22, 2022

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LESLIE MEDFORD Oakland, California

Leslie Medford is a dude from a world that no longer exists!The two bands he led 1984-1991 have their own bandcamp pages under The Ophelias and HighHorse. Medford was a busy fellow during his pro period (1982-1992) and this site covers solo things & side projects from as early as 1975 and as recent as 2004.There is tremendous variety here, of a high standard of idea, if not always execution.Enjoy! ... more

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