Lily’s Eyes
From “The Secret Garden”
Music by Lucy Simon, Lyrics by Marsha Norman
[Neville]
Strangely quiet, but now the storm
Simply rests to strike again
Standing, waiting, I think of her
I think of her
[Archibald]
Strange, this Mary, she leaves the room
Yet remains, she lingers on
Something stirs me to think of her
I think of her
[Neville]
From d**h she casts her spell
All night we hear her sighs
And now a girl has come
Who has her eyes
She has her eyes
The girl has Lily’s hazel eyes
Those eyes that saw him happy long ago
Those eyes that gave him life
And hope he’d never known
How can he see the girl
And miss those hazel eyes
[Archibald]
She has her eyes
The girl has Lily’s hazel eyes
Those eyes that closed and left me all alone
Those eyes I feel will never ever let me go
How can I see this girl who has her hazel eyes
In Lily’s eyes a castle
This house seemed to be
And I her bravest knight became
My lady fair was she
[Neville]
She has her eyes
She has my Lily’s hazel eyes
Those eyes that loved my brother – never me
Those eyes that never saw me
Never knew I longed
To hold her close
To live at last in Lily’s eyes
[Archibald]
Imagine me, a lover
[Neville]
I longed for the day
She’d turn and see me standing there
[Archibald and Neville]
Would God had let her stay
[Neville] [Archibald]
She has her eyes
She has Lily’s hazel eyes She has my Lily’s hazel eyes
Those eyes that saw me
Those eyes that first I loved so Happy long ago
How can I now forget How can I now forget
That I dared to be That once I dared to be
In love, alive and whole In love, alive and whole
In Lily’s eyes In Lily’s eyes
In Lily’s eyes In Lily’s eyes