Lyrics » P » Phil Ochs Lyrics » Flower Lady Lyrics

Phil Ochs - Flower Lady Lyrics

Font:

Align:

Pre>g c g c g g c g

Millionaires and paupers walk the hungry streets

C g d

Rich and poor companions of the restless beat

Bm c

Strangers in a foreign land

Bm c

Strike a match with trembling hand

Bm em c

Learn too much to ever understand

D c d g c g

But nobodys buying flowers from the flower lady

Lovers quarrel, snarl away their happiness

Kissed crumble in a web of lonliness

Its written by the poison pen

Voices break before they bend

The door is slammed

Its over, once again

But nobodys buying flowers from the flower lady

Poets agonize, they cannot find the words

And the stone stares at the sculptor asks are you absurd?

The painter paints his brushes back

Through the canvas runs a crack

Portrait of the pain never answers back

But nobodys buying flowers from the flower lady

Soldiers, disillusioned, come home from the war

Sarcastic students tell them not to fight no more

And they argue through the night

Black is black and white is white

Walk away both knowing they are right

But nobodys buying flowers from the flower lady

Smoke dreams of escaping souls are drifting by

Dull the pain of living as they slowly die

Smiles change into a sneer

Washed away by whiskey tears

In the quicksand of their mind they disappear

Still nobodys buying flowers from the flower lady

Feeble, aged, people almost to their knees

Complain about the present using memories

Never found their pot of gold

Wrinkled hands pound weary holes

Each line screams out youre old, youre old, youre old

But nobodys buying flowers from the flower lady

And the flower lady hobbles home without a sale

Tattered shreds of petals leave a fading trail

Not a pause to hold a rose

Even she no longer knows

The lamp goes out the evening now is closed

And nobodys buying flowers from the flower lady

/pre>

Report error in lyric

Latest Phil Ochs Lyrics

Power And The Glory lyrics Your Eyes Will Taste Of The Flowers lyrics You Should Have Been Down In Mississppi lyrics You Can't Get Stoned Enough lyrics William Moore lyrics William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park & Escapes Unscathed lyrics William Butler Yeates Visits Lincoln Park And Escapes Unscathed lyrics White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land lyrics Where Were You In Chicago? lyrics Where There's A Will There's A Way lyrics

The Flower Lady lyrics by Phil Ochs is property of their respective authors, artists and labels and are strictly for non-commercial use only.
Copyright © 2009-2024 Azlyricdb.com. All Rights Reserved | Privacy policy | Blog
You are now viewing Phil Ochs Flower Lady Lyrics