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Perfect Afternoon

from Bury Me in the Garden by Sturt Avenue

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The sun is shining
In a sky so pale and blue
There’s apple blossom falling
And the whole garden’s in bloom

As golden sunlight
Spills all around my room
Well it ain’t so hard believing
That better days are coming soon

Then the black dog started howling
Yeah he never changes tune
But it don’t seem so bad
On such a perfect afternoon

The war is almost over
We made it through the worst
And new green shoots are breaking through
The surface of the earth

Well I watched you slowly breathing
Yeah I can’t deny the hurt
But I felt such love for you
I thought my heart was going to burst

Then the song birds started singing
It was an awful funeral dirge
But by some stroke of good fortune
They’d forgotten all the words

And the black dog kept on howling
Yeah he never changes tune
But it don’t seem so bad
On such a perfect afternoon

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from Bury Me in the Garden, released November 23, 2023

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Sturt Avenue Adelaide, Australia

Sturt Avenue is the project of SCALA award winning singer/songwriter Bryn Soden. Drawing inspiration from folk artists such as Conor Oberst, Elliott Smith, and John Darnielle, Bryn crafts melancholic indie folk tunes that aim to shine a soft light on the quiet sorrow and stubborn defiance that keeps the embers burning in the dead heart of the world. ... more

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