Gardenia Light Bossa Nova · Summer Farewell Verse 1 Every June the gardenias bloom By the little wooden fence. Coffee cooled beneath the morning sun, While laughter drifted with the wind. You told us stories of another place, Where mountains watched the fields below. We smiled and said, "One day we'll visit." Neither knowing you'd be the first to go. Pre-Chorus Some people stay for years. Some only for a season. Yet somehow both can leave The same quiet light behind. Chorus Gardenia, don't forget to bloom When summer finds Romania. Carry one white flower home For all the mornings shared with us. Every road has its own horizon. Every heart has somewhere it belongs. We'll wave goodbye beneath California skies, While your next sunrise waits beyond. Verse 2 The mailbox learns another silence. One driveway holds one car less now. Yet every time the breeze smells sweet, We'll think of you somehow. Bridge Maybe next June, another garden. Another table, another cup of tea. If someone asks where kindness lives, We'll say, "It once lived next door to me." Final Chorus Gardenia, bloom wherever you are. Some roots travel farther than they seem. Home isn't only where we started. It's every place we've been loved. Outro (softly spoken) Drum bun, dear friend. Until our paths cross again.
