The Flowers from the Side of the Road

My favorite flowers grow

On the side of the road

You could have picked

Them any day on your way home

But you got me other stuff

And that should have been enough

So I'm sorry for asking for flowers

From the side of the road

They grow by all the highways

They grow by your backyard

They grow by the dead end

They really are not that far

You'd have to walk a couple feet

Maybe a couple of yards

To pick my favorite flowers

They really are not that far

And I would have pressed

The petals and stared

At them for hours

And think you're the greatest partner

For picking my favorite flowers

You seemed so happy to get them

I wanted to feel that joy

I thought giving and getting flowers

Was a thing that just went both ways

A thing that just went both ways

My favorite flowers grow

On the side of the road

You could have picked them

Any day on your way home

But you got me other stuff

And that should have been enough

So I'm sorry for asking for flowers

From the side of the road

The ones that are right by your home

The flowers from the side of the road