[Verse 1]
My grandmother's house is still there
But it isn't the same
A plain wooden cottage
A patch of brown lawn
And a fence that hangs bending and sighing
In the Seattle rain

[Verse 2]
I drive by with strangers
And wish they could see what I see
A tangle of summer birds
Flying in sunlight
A forest of lilies
An orchard of apricot trees

[Chorus]
Secret gardens of the heart
Where the flowers bloom forever
I see you shining through the night
In the ice and snow of winter

[Verse 3]
Great-grandfather's farm is still there
But it isn't the same
The barn is torn down
And the fences are gone
The Idaho wind blows
The topsoil away every spring
[Verse 4]
I still see the ghosts
Of the people I knew long ago
Inside the old kitchen
They bend and they sigh
My life passed them up
And the world in its way passed them by

[Chorus]
Secret gardens of the heart
Where the old stay young forever
I see you shining through the night
In the ice and snow of winter

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
But most of all, it is me that has changed
And yet still I'm the same
That's me at the weddings
That's me at the graves
Dressed like the people
Who once looked so grown-up and brave

[Verse 6]
I look in the mirror
Through the eyes of the child that was me
I see willows bending
The season is spring
And the silver blue sailing birds
Fly with the sun on their wings
[Chorus]
Secret gardens of the heart
Where the seasons change forever
I see you shining through the night
In the ice and snow of winter