Flowers (John Peel session - February 4, 1981) Songtext
von Dead or Alive

Don′t these soldiers look so funny
Wearing flowers in their hair

Poor little flower child
Wild eyes and crazy hair
Running around in search of love
He can't find that anywhere
Give him flowers
Flowers

What′s wrong with you
What's going on in me
I tried to walk on water
But the ocean was too rough
The crystal ship, it overflowed and
The going was too tough
We need flowers
Flowers
What's wrong with you
They′re messing up our world


Where were all the soldiers gone
Long time passing
Dying in walls everywhere, all the rascals
I heard back in ′65, they wore flowers in their hair
In a place called San Francisco
I think I'll go there
What the world needs now is so much love
It′s the only thing that it just too little love

What's wrong with this world
What′s going on in this world
Soldiers fighting a war
They've got hatred in their eyes
Violence is their living
Oh, it ruins their whole lives
They need flowers
Flowers
What′s wrong with you
What's going on inside me
Build me a wall of love that's high
Build me a wall of princes hither


What′s wrong with this place
We′re messing up our world
Young boys wearing crew cuts
They've got anger in their eyes
Violence is their language
And it′s messing up their drives
They need flowers
Flowers
What's wrong with this world, daddy
Oh, what′s wrong with this world, mother
Oh, what's wrong with this world, father
What is wrong with this world, brother
We need flowers
Flowers

Flowers, flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers, we need flowers
Flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers, flowers
Oh, don′t we need flowers, flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers, flowers
Flowers, oh, flowers