Eclipsada por las dramáticas, almibaradas y un tanto pretenciosas «November Rain» y «Don’t Cry» (ésta última se la podían haber ahorrado), «The Garden» es una joya oculta en la primera parte de los Illusions, con Axl conduciéndonos en un paseo lisérgico a través del engañoso jardín de la droga, y nada menos que Alice Cooper respaldándole con su característica voz rasposa, añadiendo el contrapunto malévolo perfecto a la canción.


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Letra

You know you’re all alone
Your friends they aren’t at home
Everybody’s gone to the garden
As you look into the trees
You can look but you don’t see
The flowers seem to tease you at the garden
Everybody’s there, but you don’t seem to care
What’s it with you man, and this garden
Turned into my worst phobia
A crazy man’s utopia
If you’re lost no one can show ya
But it sure was glad to know ya
Only poor boys take a chance
On the garden’s song and dance
Feel her flowers as they wrap around
But only smart boys do without
You can find it all inside
No need to wrestle with your pride
No you ain’t losin’ your mind
You’re just in the garden
They can lead you to yourself
Or you can throw it on the shelf
But you know you can look inside
For the garden
I wasn’t really scared
Lost my virginity there
To a gypsy with blond hair
But now no one seems to care
Like a mouse inside a maze
Wandering ‘round four days
With a smile upon my face
I never want to leave this place
Only poor boys take a chance
On the garden’s song and dance
Feel her flowers as they wrap around
But only smart boys do without
Turned into my worst phobia
A crazy man’s utopia
If you’re lost no one can show ya
But it sure was glad to know ya
Bye bye
So long, bye bye
It’s glad to know ya
Bye bye
Bye bye
Aw…so long


Tema de: Darren A. Reed / Del James / Duff Rose Mckagan / Izzy Stradlin / Matt Sorum / Saul Hudson / W. Axl Rose / West Arkeen