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Artist: Kathleen Edwards
Canonical path: /kathleen-edwards/asking-for-flowers
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Asking for Flowers
Read Asking for Flowers lyrics by Kathleen Edwards on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Asking for Flowers
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It's complicated
Technically
I'm certified
A walking declaration
Of everything
I couldn't get right
Time is just an anchor
But 7 years I think I'm right
Now you've changed your number
It's like a noose around my life
Every pill I took in vain
Every meal for you I made
Every penny I put away
Asking for flowers
Is like asking you to be nice
Don't tell me you're too tired
10 years I've been working nights
My life is like a picture left
Out too long in the sun
Now I'm trying to remember all
The faces of the names i've loved
And all
That's left of me now is
A cigarette burning bright
And a fading memory
Of all the things
I tried to get right
Every pill I took in vain
Every meal for you I made
Every penny I put away
Asking for flowers
Is like asking you to be nice
Don't tell me you're too tired
10 years I've been working nights
Every pill I took in vain
Every meal for you I made
Every bill I went and paid
Every card I signed my name
Every time I poured my heart out
Every threat you made to move out
Every cruel word you let just slip out
Every cruel word you let just slip out
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Kathleen Edwards performs "Asking for Flowers", and this lyric page sits inside the Kathleen Edwards catalog on LyroVerse.
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