Bamboo & Roses

from Bamboo & Roses by Cristina Williams

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Thomas Harrell Williams of Panama Park, Jacksonville, FL wrote this song in 1970 after he got home from doing his duty in the Vietnam War. He was back living with his parents and playing gigs at Gigi’s Lounge at the Ramada Inn many a night. He didn’t know it, but he was soon destined to start teaching history, end up in an inner city school and meet a fellow teacher who would change his life forever: a young, beautiful divorcee from Cuba with two young children. One of those kids was me.

This is a song a sensitive young man penned during a turbulent volatile time in his country - after laying down his innocence to the gods of war. A song about beauty and Time and where have some of those old good things gone? I know at least some of them live on in this song. And maybe in you, too.

lyrics

Once a long time ago
There was a land I know
Shining in the morning like a
roof of tin
What happened to the garden?
What happened to the garden?
Where did all the bamboo and roses go to?
And to who does the garden now belong?
Once there was a prince so fair
He had copper-colored hair
He had soft, green eyes like
Chinese jade.

What happened to the garden?
What happened to the garden?
Where did all the bamboo and roses go to?
And to who does that boy now belong?
Break
Once there was a different time
With much before and less behind
It was much quieter when
Bamboo and roses grew
What happened to the garden?
What happened to the garden?
Where did all the bamboo and roses go to?
And to who does the time now belong?

credits

from Bamboo & Roses, released October 24, 2017
Written by Thomas H. Williams

Cristina Williams: Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
Jamie Laboz: Electric guitar, organ, producing, mastering
Brian Green: Bass
Michael P Nordberg: Drums

Matt Rendon/Midtown Island Studios: tracking, engineering, mixing.

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Cristina Williams Tucson, Arizona

Tucson singer/songwriter combining Chrissie Hynde sass with Tom Petty roots.

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