more from
Red Green Instigators
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Secret Garden

from Ripples In The Water Of Love by The Chilly Dogz

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £0.70 GBP  or more

     

about

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.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Chilly Dogz Ceredigion, UK

contact / help

Contact The Chilly Dogz

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like The Chilly Dogz, you may also like: