Growing our Eden
Channel: Mark Sharman
Date: 14/12/2023

This is a song I wrote for and about my beautiful friends and fellow songwriter/ musicians Ella Lord and Peter Davey, from the perspective of Ella. I had such a lovely stay with them in Ouyen in the outback of Australia, where we would chat for hours and jam to our songs. Such a fabulous new adventure for them both in their new home. 

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Words and music by Mark Sharman
Copyright: Mark Sharman

Keyboards, Synths and piano by Mark
Guitars by Mark
All vocals by Mark
Percussion with pro logic by Mark
Production and mixing by Mark

Photographs and video clips by Mark Sharman and Ella Lord
Addition images thanks to NSW National park and Travel Victoria all used under Creative Commons

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https://www.youtube.com/@PeterElla

Lyric
Where furnace hot sky
Kisses the red hot soil
And busy wagons flick dust
Into the air…
This is where the jacaranda tree rains lilac, a painting for me
My hands touch the earth, to grow my Eden
A tomorrow which we believe in

Tomorrow’s not given
Today is the present
Time to look forward
And make the most of what’s heaven sent
My soul rest a while, as I see the Cormorant and Kite fly by
With you by my side, my dreams take flight..
With our wings high in the sky


I see you rest on the porch, as the moon comes over the sky
It might be 30 degrees, but I swear it’s not nearly as high
As me ‘cause who’d have thought we’d come so far
To find our place in Ouyen, our very own Sangria La.

Now I can be myself
Not play any games
I hold my head up high
Make music with you
And tell my stories and then
The world will know
And my hands touch the Earth to grow my Eden
A tomorrow which I believe in

I see you rest on the porch, as the moon comes over the sky
It might be 30 degrees, but I swear it’s not nearly as high
As me ‘cause who’d have thought we’d come so far
To find our place in Ouyen, our very own Sangria La.