Didn't know what I was missing 'Til I caught sight of you And you're something else
Keeping my head out of my head I curse my old familiar way Of bracing for the weather And you're something else, something else
Gardenia, out of my reach Gardenia, why'd you have to open yourself to me?
My hour of temporary blindness Stunned like a sleepwalk slapped awake Wrestling my leaning to define this And you're something else, something else
Gardenia, out of my reach Gardenia, why'd you have to open yourself to me?
And there is no word grand enough
Didn't know what I was missing 'Til I caught sight of you Now everything looks different So wonderfully different, different
Gardenia, out of my reach, yeah Gardenia, why'd you have to open yourself to me? Why'd you have to open yourself to me?