The dog had a litter
Nine were born but five still warm today
Though we tried and we prayed
Life after winter
If I could give I’d give myself away
But I lie so I stay

In the garden I get get something off my chest
And it comes to rest in the dirt
Oh my darling there has been an accident
They’re not coming back home from work

I sit in the kitchen
And think of all the mouths our mother fed
And how we reached for our bread
Was this how she listened
In the silence left behind when all the kids
Fell asleep in their beds?

In the garden I get get something off my chest
And it comes to rest in the dirt
Oh my darling there has been an accident
They’re not coming back home from work

In the garden I get get something off my chest
In the flower beds in the dirt
Oh my darling there has been an accident
They’re not coming back home from work