"(Nothing But) Flowers" | David Byrne

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♫ Here we stand ♫
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♫ Like an Adam and an Eve ♫
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♫ Waterfalls ♫
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♫ The Garden of Eden ♫
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♫ Two fools in love ♫
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♫ So beautiful and strong ♫
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♫ Birds in the trees ♫
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♫ Are smiling upon them ♫
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♫ From the age of the dinosaurs ♫
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♫ Cars would run on gasoline ♫
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♫ Where? Where have they gone? ♫
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♫ Now, there's nothing but flowers ♫
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♫ This was a factory ♫
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♫Now there are mountains and rivers ♫
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♫ You got it, you got it ♫
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♫ We caught a rattlesnake ♫
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♫ Now we've got something for dinner ♫
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♫ You got it, you got it ♫
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♫ This was a parking lot ♫
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♫ Now it's all covered with flowers ♫
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♫ You got it, you got it ♫
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♫ If this is paradise ♫
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♫ I wish I had a lawnmower ♫
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♫ You got it, you got it ♫
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♫ This was a shopping mall ♫
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♫ Now it's turned into corn field ♫
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♫ You got it, you got it ♫
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♫ Don't leave me stranded here ♫
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♫ I can't get used to this lifestyle ♫
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Thomas Dolby: David Byrne.
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