Past the ivy-covered windows of
The angel
Down athenaeum lane to the cathedral
Through the churchyard I wandered
Sat for a spell there and I pondered
My back to the gates of the garden
My back to the gates of the garden
My back to the gates of the garden

Fugitive fathers, sickly infants, decent mothers
Runaways and suicidal lovers
Assorted boxes of ordinary bones
Of aborted plans and sudden shattered hopes
In unlucky rows, up to the gates of the garden
In unhappy rows, up to the gates of the garden
In unlucky rows, up to the gates of the garden

Won't you meet me at the gates
Won't you meet me at the gates
Won't you meet me at the gates
To the garden

Beneath the creeping shadow of the tower
The bell from st. edmunds informs me of the hour
I turn to find you waiting there for me
In sunlight and I see the way that you breathe
Alive and leaning on the gates of the garden
Alive and leaning on the gates of the garden
Alive and leaning on the gates of the garden

Leave these ancient places to the angels
Let the saints attend to their keeping of the cathedrals
And leave the dead beneath the ground so cold
For God is in this hand that I hold
As we open up the gates of the garden

Won't you meet me at the gates
Won't you meet me at the gates
Won't you meet me at the gates
To the garden

• 500 Miles
• A Dead Song
• All The Pretty Little Horses
• All The Pretty Little Horsies
• And No More Shall We Part
• As I Sat Sadly by Her Side
• Banks of The Roses
• Big-jesus-trash-can
• Blast Off
• Blundertown
• Capers
• Cassiel's Song
• Cindy
• Cry
• Darker With The Day
• Dead Joe
• Deep in The Woods
• Down in a Willow Garden
• Dull Day
• Dumb Europe
• Faraway, So Close!
• Fears of Gun
• Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow
• Figure of Fun
• Gates to The Garden
• Girl at The Bottom of My Glass
• God is in The House
• God's Hotel
• Hallelujah
• Hamlet
• Happy Birthday
• Hard on for Love
• Ho-ho
• How Long, How Long Blues
• I Just Dropped In
• I Put a Spell on You
• I Rowed a Little Boat
• Jack's Shadow
• Jennifer's Veil
• Junkyard
• Just You & Me
• Katy Cruel
• Kewpie Doll
• King Ink
• King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-mi-o
• Kiss Me Black
• Knoxville Girl
• Long Time Fan
• Long Time Man
• Love Henry
• Love Letter
• Mack The Knife
• Mama's Boy
• Mister Frog Went A-courting
• Mojo
• Mutiny in Heaven
• Nick The Stripper
• Oh My Lord
• Oh, Happy Day
• Oxford Tragedy
• Patripassian
• Peace in The Valley
• Pleasure is The Boss
• Release The Bats
• Riddle House
• Rye Whiskey
• Sad Dark Eyes
• Sad Waters
• Sail Away
• Scum
• Several Sins
• She Fell Away
• She's Hit
• Shivers
• Six Inch Gold Blade
• Sonny's Burning
• Stagalee
• Stow-a-way
• Swampland
• Sweetheart Come
• That's What Jazz is to Me
• The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane
• The Big Hurt
• The Dim Locator
• The Friend Catcher
• The Good Hun
• The Sorrowful Wife
• The Sweetest Embrace
• The Willow Garden
• There is a Light
• Till The End of The World
• Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum
• Tower of Song
• Truck Love
• Tupelo Blues
• Viviane
• Vixo
• Wade in The Water
• We Came Along This Road
• What Can I Give You?
• Where The Action Is
• Wild World
• Yard
• Young Hunting