Second Handed Flowers — текст песни (Tom T. Hall)

I was working in miami for a day or two

I decided Id look up a girl that I once knew

I bought some flowers and went to see a girl I used to know

The lady at her door said she had married long ago



Times will change and towns will change; there I was alone

And suddenly I wondered, "would susie be at home? "

So with the flowers in my hand, I walked toward her gate

Someone touched me on the arm and said, "youll have to wait."



Then I noticed there were people standing in a line

And some of them were holding pretty flowers just like mine

They explained that susie had been in an awful crash

Doctors said that she had just a little while to last



When I walked into her room, I felt a sense of shame

But I heard susie whisper, "im awfully glad you came."

She had been the girl that I had always gone to see

When someone that I cared for had been untrue to me



I handed her the flowers and she gently kissed my hand

She said, "dont be embarrassed; you know I understand."

I said, "goodbye" and as I bent to kiss her fevered brow

I heard her whisper, "thank you for the second handed flowers."