Asking For Flowers

It's complicated Technically I'm certified A walking declaration Of everything I couldn't get right Time is just an anchor But seven years I think I'm right Now you've changed your number It's like a noose around my life Every pill I took in vain Every meal for you I made Every penny I put away Asking for flowers Is like asking you to be nice Don't tell me you're too tired Ten years I've been working nights My life is like a picture left Out too long in the sun Now I'm trying to remember all The faces of the names I've loved And all that's left of me now is A cigarette burning bright And a fading memory of all the things I tried to get right Every pill I took in vain Every meal for you I made Every penny I put away Asking for flowers Is like asking you to be nice Don't tell me you're too tired 10 years I've been working nights Every pill I took in vain Every meal for you I made Every bill I went and paid Every card I signed my name Every time I poured my heart out Every threat you made to move out Every cruel word you let just slip out Every cruel word you let just slip out --- Asking for Flowers - Kathleen Edwards