A song about getting waylaid on the way to a date in Greenwich Park.
lyrics
She said
"Meet me in the secret garden,
Below the observatory
I'll be waiting on that wooden bench
Beneath the spreading chestnut tree."
I swear I was truly on my way
Walking up past the nurses home
Heading for the gates to Greenwich park
I really wanted to rendezvous with her
Ah but you know how it goes
When you’re headed for the secret garden
That's right, you know how it goes
I got waylaid by a powder monkey
As I passed Oscar Wilde's old den
And five hours later, as the sun went down
I crawled from that basement, rainbows in my eyes
That powder monkey spiked me with angel dust
My brain was mimsy, hardly knew who I was
I needed something to drink, just to liven me up
I stumbled into the saloon bar of the Rose and Crown
I ordered a tequila sunrise from a crazy kiwi girl
Watched as the terrapins practiced cannibalism
The Red Lights played a Space Invaders marathon
And I tried hard to pull my mind back together
Ah but you know how it goes
When you’re headed for the secret garden
That's right, you know how it goes
At eleven thirty Vic chucked me out the pub
I stumbled past that old Spreadeagle shop
In my head I heard a loud south London song
I looked at the park gates and all of them were locked
Ah but you know how it goes
When you’re headed for the secret garden
That's right, you know how it goes
I never saw her ever again
I have no idea what happened
I sometimes sit on that old wooden seat
Beneath the spreading chestnut tree
I wonder how it might have been
If I’d kept that secret garden date
Ah but you know how it goes
When you’re headed for the secret garden
That's right, you know how it goes
No matter how hard you try
You will never make it
That’s how it goes,
That's right, you know how it goes
credits
from Ripples In The Water Of Love,
released February 15, 2013
Lyrics and Vocals by Harri Rogers
Music by Marc Gordon
Engineered by Nick Swannell at Studio 49.
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