Noa - Wildflower Lyrics
In a tenement near the Henry Hudson RiverFrom my favorite spot on a rusting fire escapeI would look below.And see MarioBraving the ferocious dandelionsMario, our fearless superintendentKept the garden green, despite the parkway smogBut the flowering weedsTheir fates decreedPulled, to keep his rosebush from dyingThen I would creep inside, curl up in my bedSomething strong was pulling at my headPulling at my heartWild flower, growing in all the wrong placesWild flower, so lonely ‘neath that lovely rose bushProper garden’s nightmare, queen of opened fieldsTell me, who will love this wildflowerFor exactly what she is?Years passed by, we left that red brick buildingLeft Mario behindFor a brand new houseBut my dark brown skinOn the white washed walls withinStood out, so it’d get me up and cryin’My growing pains had many rooms to fill, thenMother never know..Had a garden to keep cleanWhile there was NY greaseOn her young flower from the Middle EastShe was busy pulling dendelionsThen I would creep inside, curl up in my bedSomething strong was pulling at my headPulling at my heartWild flower, growing in all the wrong placesWild flower, so lowly ‘neath that lovely rosebushProper garden’s nightmare, queen of opened fieldsTell me, who will love this wildflowerFor exactly what she is?
