Didn't know what I was missing   'Til I caught sight of you   Melt down my ammunition   I willingly diffuse   And you're something else      Keeping my head out of my head   I curse my old familiar way   Of bracing for the weather   On a perfectly clear day   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   Learning to live with extra space   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   For this extraordinary love that has overcome      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?   Oh yeah! Gardenia