Flowers In The Dirt - Hurricane Bells

It’s early still but the light is fading

Oh I’m in Brooklyn and it’s raining

I’ve been going through her old mail

Oh trying to remember all the details

She was smoothing the fabric of her skirt

Oh she looked to me like flower in the dirt

But that’s only just a better way to hurt

Well I’ve been here with her old broom

Oh I’ve been sweeping up our old room

And if the night brings a warning

Oh I try to forget it in the morning

In my dream I’m standing by a door

In that old blue jacket I always wore

Oh now the pain is so much greater than before

Well there’s a town by the seaside

Oh she’d go swimming in the high tide

And underneath that endless blanket

Oh the sea disguised her every movement

Oh and when I lifted up the veil

Oh I was not prepared to see the serpents tail

Oh and tt’sso hard now to even tell the tail

la la la la la la la

la la la la la la la

la la la la la la la

la la la la la la la

Well maybe I was just pretending

Oh I had secrets worth defending

Well there were nights alone in silence

Oh there were words that were like violence

Oh and when she couldn’t take it anymore

Oh she stood up and she walked out through the door

So now I don’t think we’re getting married anymore

Well I’ll go;

it’s nearly daylight

Oh I appreciate your incite

Now I’m finished with this letter

Oh now I’ve said it I feel better

But so soon it will be sealed and on it’s way

And I’m going to get started on my day

(wooo)

Oh and it’s going to be different today

(la la la la la la la la)

It’s going to be different

(la la la la la la la la)

If only for the one that got away.