Featured In
Top Songs By The Mamas & The Papas
Similar Songs
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Hal Blaine
Drums
Larry Knechtel
Keyboards
Joe Osborn
Bass Guitar
Cass Elliot
Vocals
Denny Doherty
Vocals
Eric Hord
Guitar
John Phillips
Guitar
Michelle Phillips
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Phillips
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lou Adler
Producer
Peter Pilafian
Engineer
John Phillips
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Safe in my garden
An ancient flower blooms
And the scent from its nature
Slowly squares my room
And its perfume being such
That it's causing me to swoon
[Verse 2]
(Safe in my garden) Could it be we were hot-wired, late one night we're very tired?
They stole our minds and thought we'd never know it (An ancient flower blooms)
(And the scent from its nature) With a bottle in each hand, too late to try to understand
We don't care where it lands, we just throw it (Slowly squares my room)
[Verse 3]
Somebody take us away
Somebody take us away
[Verse 4]
Safe in my garden (Could it be we were hot-wired, late one night we're very tired?)
An ancient flower blooms (They stole our minds and thought we'd never know it)
And the scent from its nature (With a bottle in each hand, too late to try to understand)
Slowly squares my room (We don't care where it lands, we just throw it)
[Verse 5]
And it's perfume being such (Somebody take us away)
That it's causing me to swoon
[Verse 6]
When you go out in the street
So many hassles with the heat;
No one there can fill your desire
Cops out with the megaphones
Telling people stay inside their home
Man, can't they see the world's on fire?
[Verse 7]
Somebody take us away, take us away
[Verse 8]
Safe in our garden
An ancient flower blooms
And the scent from its nature (Cops out with the megaphones, tellin' people stay inside their homes)
Slowly squares my room (Man, the world's on fire)
[Verse 9]
Take us away, take us away
Written by: John Phillips