Ralph McTell - Michael in the Garden lyrics

Out in the garden, amongst the bushes
Michael is crying caught in a spider's web
It's broken wings beating, a butterfly dying
Oh la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
And they in their wisdom say
"Michael's got something wrong, wrong
Wrong with his mind"
Well they must be blind
If they can't see what Michael sees

Michael is silent
Talking to no one of things that he sees
But out in the garden, he
Talks in soft whispers
Like the wind in the leaves
Oh la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
And they in their wisdom say
"Michael's got something wrong, wrong
Wrong with his mind" they've seen the signs
But they can't see what Michael sees

And inside the building someone is calling
His name through the halls
But he doesn't answer
Though he easily hears each leaf as it falls
Oh la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
And they in their wisdom say
"Michael's got something wrong, wrong
Wrong with his mind"
Well they must be blind
For they can't see what Michael sees

Michael where are you? Michael where are we
We who see that there's something
Wrong with your mind?

And inside the garden Michael is smiling
At peace in his world
At one with the insects, the
Flowers, and the trees
And the wind and the birds
Oh la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la

Oh Michael sees all behind the high walls
Surrounding his kingdom
Whilst we in our wisdom
Still trapped in the spider's web
Far from the flow and ebb
Of life in the garden
But Michael has pardoned us for he sees
That really he's free
And there's nothing to mend
For his wings are not broken

And they in their wisdom say
"Michael's got something wrong, wrong
Wrong with his mind" they've seen the signs
But Michael feels fine inside the garden