Lyrics from The Secret Garden

Here are the lyrics to the songs I've posted on my Secret Garden
page. They were written by Marsha Norman.



"Medley: Clusters of Crocus and Come to My Garden/Lift Me Up"



Lily: Clusters of crocus, purple and gold.
Blankets of pansies, up from the cold.
Lilies and iris, safe from the chill.
Safe in my garden, snowdrops so still.

Come to my garden, nestled in the hill.
There I'll keep you safe beside me.
Come to my garden, rest there in my arms.
There I'll see you safely grown and on your way.
Stay there in my garden where love grows free and wild.
Come to my garden; come, sweet child.

Colin: Lift me up
and lead me to the garden
where life begins anew.
Where I'll find you,
and I'll find you love me too.

ColinLift me up and lead me to the garden
Where love grows deep and true.
Where I'll tell you, where I'll show you
my new life I will live for you.
I shall see you in your garden,
and spring will come and stay.
Lift me up and lead me to the garden.
Come, sweet day.

Lily (simultaneously): Come to my garden, rest there in my arms.
There I'll see you safely grown and on your way.
I shall see you in my garden
where love grows free and wild.
Come to my garden; come, sweet child.




"If I Had a Fine White Horse"



Martha: If I had a fine white horse,
I'd take you for a ride today.
But since I have no fine white horse,
inside I'll have to stay
and empty all the chamber pots,
and scrub the floors and such.
But what's there to do on a fine white horse?
It seems to me, not much.

If I had a wooden boat,
I'd take you for a sail today.
But since I have no wooden boat,
inside I'll have to stay
and catch and kill the mice
and pluck the chickens for the cook.
But what's there to do in a wooden boat
but sit up straight and look
and worry our boat will start to drift
and float us out to sea
and land us on an isle of gold?
Oh dear, oh dearie me.

If I had a chambermaid
I'd take you out to play today.
They say out there's a maze
where once you enter, there you stay.
For certain we'd get lost,
and they'd come looking for our bones
and find us sometime late next week
and bring us tea and scones.

But what if there's a clan of trolls
a-camping 'neath a tree?
Or what if there's a pirate's cave?
Oh dear, oh dear . . .
Oh dearie me.

If I wasn't so afraid,
I'd take you out the door today.
But talking birds and tales of fairies
keep me scared away.
And yes, I promised not to tell
what else is there, although
if in the maze you chance to see
a garden guarded by a tree
and meet a bird who speaks to thee
then come and tell my fine white horse
and me.




"Winter's on the Wing"



Dickon: Winter's on the wing,
here's a fine spring morn
comin' clean through the night,
comes the May, I say--
The winter's taken flight
sweepin' dark cold air
out to sea, Spring is born,
comes the day, I say.
And you'll be here to see it.
Stand and breathe it all the day.
Stoop and feel it; stop and hear it:
Spring, I say!

And now the sun is climbin' high,
rising fast on fire glaring down through the gloom.
Gone the gray, I say.
The sun spells the doom of the winter's reign,
ice and chill must retire, comes the May, say I.
And you'll be here to see it.
Stand and breathe it all the day.
Stoop and feel it; stop and hear it:
Spring, I say.

I say begone, ye howling winds,
be off, ye frosty morns.
All ye solid streams begin to thaw.
Melt, ye waterfalls,
part, ye frozen winter walls.
See, see now it's starting.

And now the mist is lifting high,
leavin' bright blue air
rollin' clean through the moor.
Comes the May, I say.
The storm'll soon be by,
leavin' clear blue sky,
soon the sun will shine,
comes the day, say I.
And you'll be here to see it.
Stand and breathe it all the day.
Stoop and feel it; stop and hear it:
Spring I say!




"Hold On"



Martha: What you've got to do is finish what you have begun.
I don't know just how, but it's not over 'til you've won.

When you see the storm is comin',
see the light'ning part the skies,
it's too late to run;
there's terror in your eyes
What you do then is remember
this old thing you heard me say:
It's the storm, not you,
that's bound to blow away.

Hold on, hold on to someone standing by
Hold on, don't even ask how long or why.
Child, hold on to what you know is true
Hold on 'til you get through.
Child, oh child, hold on.

When you feel your heart is poundin',
fear a devil's at your door,
there's no place to hide,
you're frozen to the floor.
What you do then is you force yourself
to wake up, and you say:
it's this dream, not me
that's bound to go away.

Hold on, hold on, the night will soon be by
Hold on, and think of something else to try.
Child, hold on, there's angels on their way.
Hold on and hear them say:
Child, oh child--

And it doesn't even matter
if the danger and the doom
come from up above or down below
or just come flyin' at you
from across the room.

When you see a man who's ragin',
and he's jealous, and he fears
that you've walked through walls
he's hid behind for years
What you do then is you tell yourself
to wait it out. You say:
It's this day, not me
that's bound to go away.

Child, hold on.
It's this day, not you
that's bound to go away.




"How Could I Ever Know?"



Lily: How could I know I would have to leave you?
How could I know I would hurt you so?
You were the one I was born to love.
Oh, how could I ever know?
How could I ever know?

How can I say to go on without me?
How, when I know you still need me so?
How can I say not to dream about me?
How could I ever know?
How could I ever know?

Forgive me, can you forgive me
and hold me in your heart
and find some new way to love me
now that we're apart?

How could I know I would never hold you?
Never again in this world, but oh
sure as you breathe, I am there beside you.

How could I ever know?
How could I ever know?