General Joy
I know I know
you�ll take me there �
where your boys were
left behind

General Joy
it seems you need
a soldier girl �
now �they� have Liberty gagged

by boat
by tram
by motorbus
could it be the fates
are protecting us
from the Hawks that
have stolen the bird
from the sky

and I know
you will always love Sorrow
is that why
you gave her dress
to Happiness?
�cause it matches her eyes
when she cries

General Joy
it seems
you don�t love your Bride
generally
you�re friends but
she is not the love of your life

to dye
to perm
to change your hair

or your wife
the possibilities
are there
and its time
for you to decide

General Joy
I know I know
you�ll take me there �
but you�ll need strength
from within
General Joy
it seems you need
a soldier girl �
and a willing coalition

by boat
by tram
by motorbus
could it be the Hawks
are protecting us
from the Men who
have now assumed
their name



"The Desert Garden is very much about the crossroads. It's a place where you must make choices, grave choices. This is where are garden of sensuality differs from the Garden of Eden because in a place where the creator is the feminine scribe telling the story, the bard, in our book of genesis, in our 'In the beginning' we as women were encouraged to eat from the tree of knowledge because that is how we could help our pride and our tribe and if we don't then will would be subservient and unequal to the male and therefore cannot help him and cannot serve the pride. As a songwriter and someone who chronicles time, um, I have to feel the pulse of what is current. I was able to include General Joy on the record because I wrote it, um, in July 2004 and recorded it and it was relevant then and it is relevant again now. We are still at war, as of this taping and General Joy is very much a current figure. Or not because there are not a lot of Generals that we would call General Joy and that is the point. General Joy has lost his boys and they have been left behind, he needs a solder girl now that liberty has been gagged."
-- Tori; The Beekeeper Limited Edition Bonus DVD