OK, FAWM isn't about performance, but I love your rich and soulful voice. I came here for the #death tag and was rewarded with this moving song about mortality. Great specificity and details. Great line: "We bought this house because your mother loved that garden." And I'm blown away by "Nothing left to say, always leave em with a joke // Oh, what did the gardener say when he was running late? // Guess it’s time to grow" -- it's a left turn I didn't see coming and feels so generous. Bravo!

Amazing song that I'm hearing at just the right moment - my mom passed away last week (not unexpectedly), and this morning I was talking with my wife about how I'm turning 59 later this month. That's a great guitar sound, and your voice delivers these words with care. Awesome.

Phil, you do some extraordinary things with your fabulous voice. There are terrific, subtle little phrasing choices and places where you bend or hold or snap off a note that are so precisely perfect for the moment they land. Or sometimes you might pronounce vowels in a way that particularly resonates with the guitar, or soften consonants to make a near rhyme feel stronger. It's so impressive. And not to diminish the quality of the songwriting itself--the melody here is so well connected to the lyrics which are touching and soulful. Beautiful work, man.

it is an obvious statement about a simple fact that we often overlook. its not just about gardening either. love the guitar sound and the smooth vocals,

You've written some amazing songs this month, and this is one of them. Love that first line (and the whole first stanza) -- "we put the seeds in the soil" is an excellent metaphor, and I love the melody and the pacing of this song. (I also love "Your mother loved that you love this place/ I love that you have her gentle soul."

What a great song, personal and elemental. I love how even the dad joke works on a serious level. The way it wraps up is beautiful.

You were really mining a rich seam of fantastic lyrically ideas this February. This is another fantastic write. Nothing more than 15 lines here but you convey so much in them. Perfectly weight and emotion in the vocals too.

The narrator's care and love come through in the way you caress that title line. Perfectly judged ornaments too. And you manage to convey a whole family history so naturally and unobtrusively. Masterful, moving stuff.

Really enjoying the tone of the guitar. Not sure if that's a result of the guitar or your recording methods. Regardless, it's cool. Authentic and sincere feel to these lyrics. Wonderful vocal delivery too. Real glad I heard this...

Love that guitar riff straight off. The melody is great. Your voice, no surprise, sounds great. The line with the gardener's joke is terrific.

Really great thoughtful lyrics. I like this song a lot. I can envision electric, bass, and drums coming in after a verse and an extended instrumental after "time to grow" and then, bring it back down for the last verse.

What a gorgeous use of metaphor to tell this story. There is melencholy and loss but there is a sense of passing love and wisdom down the generations. The ‘we put the seeds in the soil’ line is just lovely - lyric and melody

I am literally crying listening to this. This is just stunning. Absolutely beautiful.

Gorgeous, a stunner! You've had a great FAWM, Phil!!!

Wow I'm in awe in your voice and it fits so well with the guitar. The whole song is very smooth and melancholic thanks to the fingerpicking. There is nothing I would change, I love how minimalist it is and leaves a lot of room for thought. Or maybe I want even more.

The warmth of your voice and the simple, soulful picking carries the melancholy and beauty of this tune. It's bittersweet but the lyrics feel optimistic. Love the metaphor of seeds and the love we pass on to our children, it's wonderful to serve something be it green or red. I get all of that in this piece. Lovely work