asking for flowers

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