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(Nothing But) Flowers

Caetano Veloso

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(Nothing But) Flowers

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here we stand, like an Adam and an Evewaterfalls, the Garden of Edentwo fools in love, so beautiful and strongthe birds in the trees are smiling upon themfrom the age of the dinosaurscars have run on gasolinewhere, where have they gone?now it's nothing, but flowersthere was a factorynow there are mountains and riversyou got it, you got itwe caught a rattlesnakenow we got something for dinnerwe got it, we got itthere was a shopping mallnow it's all covered with flowersyou've got it, you've got itif this is paradiseI wish I had a lawnmoweryou've got it, you've got ityears ago, I was an angry young manI'd pretend that I was a billboardstanding tall by the side of the roadI fell in love with a beautiful highwaythis used to be real estatenow it's only fields and treeswhere, where is the town?now it's nothing, but flowersthe highways and carswere sacrificed for agricultureI thought that we'd start overbut I guess I was wrongonce there were parking lotsnow it's a peaceful oasisyou got it, you got itthis was a Pizza Hutnow it's all covered with daisiesyou got it, you got itI miss the honky tonksDairy Queens, and 7-Elevensyou got it, you got itand as things fell apartpobody paid much attentionyou got it, you got itI dream of cherry piescandy bars, and chocolate chip cookiesyou got it, you got itwe used to microwavenow we just eat nuts and berriesyou got it, you got itdon't leave me stranded hereI can't get used to this lifestyle
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