Second Handed Flowers

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I was working in Miami for a day or two
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I decided I'd look up a girl that I once knew
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I bought some flowers and went to see a girl I used to know
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The lady at her door said she had married long ago

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Times will change and towns will change but there I was alone
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When suddenly I wondered would Susie be at home
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So with the flowers in my hand I walked toward her gate
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Someone touched me on the arm and said you'll have to wait

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Then I noticed there were people standing in a line
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Some of them were holding pretty flowers just like mine
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They explained that Susie had been in an awful crash
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Doctors said that she had just a little while to last

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When I walked into her room I felt the sense of shame
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But I heard Susie whisper I'm awfully glad you came
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She had been the girl that I had always gone to see
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When someone that I cared for had been untrue to me

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I handed her the flowers and she gently kissed my hand
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She said don't be embarrassed for you know I understand
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I said goodbye and as I bent to kiss her fevered brow
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I heard her whisper thank you for the second handed flowers