digging his garden

Digging His Garden

(W Duncan & R Watson)

He's digging his garden, trying hard to forget

All those current affairs on his TV set

He'll tune in to the music on the radio

But he'll switch off his mind 'cause he don't want to know

He'll believe what they said in the papers today

When he studied the girls and what the stars had to say

They told him the money is sinking so low

But he'll switch off his mind 'cause he don't want to know

Don't want to know, Don't want to know

He's digging his garden and he don't want to know

Our leaders are careful, let prudency rule

He saw it in action when they shut down the school

Those unions complaining, they always say no

But he'll switch off his mind 'cause he don't want to know

We're in a depression and the queue is too large

But they've got family values all those people in charge

They say it's not working 'til it's hurting below

But he'll switch off his mind 'cause he don't want to know

There's murder and mugging all over the place

And company fraud bringing shame and disgrace

They're building more prisons, they can't stop the flow

But he'll switch off his mind 'cause he don't want to know

The fiddling goes on as the flames burn the town

Sawing away as the city comes down

The silver's all gone and there's nothing to show

But he'll switch off his mind 'cause he don't want to know

He'll keep digging his garden, get on with his plan

And leave it to others what he don't understand

But he'll gather a harvest of the weeds that will grow

For you reap the reward when you don't want to know