Flowers

Why is it so hard to pick up the phone

To tell someone you love them?

And you thought that they should know

No hidden agenda

There ain't nothing going wrong

You just keep thinkin' 'bout them

And, damn, it's been too long

I don't wanna wait till the party's over

To tell you everything I should say sober

'Cause you don't know you left the good ol' days

Till they're dust in the wind

Now suddenly the years are feeling shorter

Nobody wants to hear but we're getting older

So I'm not gonna wait another month

Or even an hour

To give you your flowers

Too many memories blur into one

'Cept the first time you told me

You were proud that I'm your son

It might've seemed so small

In the grand scheme of things, but

I remember every word you said

Like it was yesterday

I don't wanna wait till the party's over

To tell you everything I should say sober

'Cause you don't know you left the good ol' days

Till they're dust in the wind

Now suddenly the years are feeling shorter

Nobody wants to hear but we're getting older

So I'm not gonna wait another month

Or even an hour

I'm reaching out

I'm tossing you a lifeline

I'm reaching out

I'm tossing you a lifeline

Respect

Earns respect

Don't you know

Respect

Earns respect?

I don't wanna wait till the party's over

To tell you everything I should say sober

'Cause you don't know you left the good ol' days

Till they're dust in the wind

Now suddenly the years are feeling shorter

Nobody wants to hear but we're getting older

So I'm not gonna wait another month

Or even an hour

To give you your flowers

To give you your flowers