Carolyn Arends - Even The Wallflowers Lyrics
From the moment you arrived here I've been utterly amazedAstonished at your level of perfectionSo it breaks my heart in pieces to imagine all the waysYou'll get hurt in spite of my protection'Cause someday I'll have to send you like a soldier off to schoolAnd the lesson you will learn there is that kids can be so cruelSo however well they like you and whatever grade you getPromise me, baby, that you won't forgetEven the wallflowers do survive -- they can thriveEven in the shadowsAnd there is a power in finding out for yourselfRain or shine, whichever way it goesEven the wallflowers growI hope they choose you early when the captains pick their teamsAnd I pray that they invite you to their dancesI hope it doesn't hurt too much the times you skin your kneesAnd that your heart endures its first romancesI cannot imagine anyone not loving youBut everybody feels alone at least a time or twoAnd I wish that I could spare you any heartache down the roadBut maybe then, baby, you never would knowEven the wallflowers do survive -- they can thriveEven in the shadowsAnd there is a power in finding out for yourselfRain or shine, whichever way it goesEven the wallflowersGrow in soil that's watered byEvery single tear they cryBelieve me, baby, you will liveAnd someday you will tell your kidEven the wallflowers do survive -- they can thriveEven in the shadowsAnd there is a power in finding out for yourselfRain or shine, whichever way it goesEven the wallflowers grow
