Under African Skies's Flowers Posts

Feb. 26, 2019

Where have all the flowers gone?

Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago… Artist: Pete Seeger

by slowpete

Aug. 14, 2013

Spring confusion

It is cold I've had the feeling At the heart and in the core The roots of all things But there's a bud there's a bulb It will be blooming Tracy Chapman…

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May 17, 2013

this flower is my soul

Well, this flower is my soul but it's not half of what I owe I should give you every rose that ever grew But take this one here for a start and you can keep it…

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May 13, 2013

On this new morning

Can't you hear that rooster crowing ? Rabbit running down across the road Underneath the bridge where the water flows through So happy just to see you smile…

by slowpete

Oct. 27, 2010

You don't bring me flowers

by slowpete

July 13, 2010

send me dead flowers

And you can send me dead flowers every morning. Send me dead flowers by the U.S Mail. Send me dead flowers to my wedding And I won't forget to put roses on your…

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June 23, 2010

Now I'm faded

You never take Take the time to really look Look at the one The one I really am You try to fit To fit me in your perfect box You let me slip Between the cracks…

by slowpete

June 15, 2010

Where have all the flowers gone?

Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all the flowers gone? Girls have picked them every…

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May 18, 2010

If I held you any closer

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Nov. 09, 2009

Blue are the words I say and what I think

I have a blue house with a blue window Blue is the color of all that I wear Blue are the streets and all the trees are too I have a girlfriend and she is so…

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Nov. 04, 2009

Two of us riding nowhere

Two of us wearing raincoats Standing solo in the sun You and me chasing paper Getting nowhere on our way back home We're on our way home The Beatles…

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Oct. 26, 2009

Then you turn away

So many things I do So many things I say Give you the wrong idea So many things I do So many things I say Just make a fool of me Then you turn away OMD

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Sept. 24, 2009

looking for love all around me

Im looking for love all around me Looking for love to surround me The love that I need To rescue the state of my heart Whitesnake

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Aug. 31, 2009

Another spring is there outside my door

And then one morning Another spring is there outside my door Things are blooming Birds are singing And suddenly yes well I ain't sad Ain't sad no more ain't sad…

by slowpete

Aug. 06, 2009

I'm the great pretender

Oh yes I'm the great pretender Pretending I'm doing well My need is such I pretend too much I'm lonely but no one can tell Queen

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May 28, 2009

I feel I'm fading like a flower

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March 31, 2009

Distant child

Distant child, my flower Are you blowing in the breeze? Can you feel me? As I breathe life into you In a while my flower Somewhere in a desert haze I know one…

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March 26, 2009

I'm scared of lonely

I'm scared of lonely And I'm scared of being the only shadow I see along the wall And I'm scared the only heartbeat I hear beating is my own And I'm scared of…

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Nov. 11, 2008

I am colorblind

I am fine I am covered in skin No one gets to come in Pull me out from inside I am folded and unfolded and unfolding I am colourblind Counting Crows

by slowpete

Oct. 13, 2008

And I love you so lets watch the flowers grow

Its such a lovely day And I'm glad that you feel the same cos to stand up I'm in the crowd You are one in a million And I love you so lets watch the flowers…

by slowpete