HEARTS AND FLOWERS

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HEARTS AND FLOWERS
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Now it has been a year or more
since you walked out the door,
Valentine's Day holds no magic;
Now my life is really tragic!

Young lovers pass me on the street,
He gives her flowers - oh, that's sweet!
And a heart-shaped box of chocolate, too..
Cupid's arrow flies straight and true!

I remember when our love was new
each Valentine's Day brought from you
Hearts and flowers, just for me -
I thought we'd last through eternity.

I was wrong about that, you see -
Love didn't mean to you what it did to me;
All the "hearts and flowers" have gone by..
There's nothing left of you - and I.

Yet - life goes on and someday I may
take another chance, along the way -
Hearts and flowers may play a part
in healing this lonely broken heart.

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Countrymom
2/8/05