Put a Flower in Your Pocket

The city street is hot

The heat is escalating

Every corner in the town

There's a paycheck waiting

Put a flower in your pocket, if you see them, boy, you drop it

And you run, run

They may pretend they like you, but man's best friend will bite you

Just for fun, for fun

If they're gunnin' for you, boy, you've already won

I had a dream today about a hustle lost

He paid his dues, then he paid the cost

Wish I knew back then all I know right now

Things'd be much different than time has allowed

Put a flower in your pocket, if you see them, boy, you drop it

And you run, you run

They may pretend they like you, but man's best friend will bite you

Just for fun, for fun

If they're gunnin' for you, boy, you've already won

With tired eyes and bills to pay

You gotta make it through another day

The streets can see into your soul

It ain't where you've been but where you're gonna go

Put a flower in your pocket, if you see them, boy, you drop it

And you run, run

They may pretend they like you, but man's best friend will bite you

Just for fun, for fun

If they're gunnin' for you, boy, you've already won