Story Behind The Song
This song is for Genevieve(r.i.p.)
Song Description
This is the second of two songs recorded in a hotel room in NH...same as always, i had some words written and grabbed my guitar, found some good chords and recorded it in one take. The ' slide ' guitar was added in my backyard shed a few days later.
| Song Length |
1:32 |
Genre |
Country - Rock, Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Moving |
Subject |
Regret, Sadness |
| Similar Artists |
Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
There was a man with a flower in his hand, there was a man with a flower in his hand...
He was standing at the grave of a girl he couldn't save...and his tears were running down upon the land...
I saw a girl weeping steady for her Mom, i saw a girl weeping steady for her Mom...
She was crying like the rain, i can still feel her pain...and her tears are like an ocean in my heart...
I wiped the tears from a little girl's eyes, i wiped the tears away from my little girl's eyes...
And i said, " Mom ain't coming home, it's just me and you alone...and we'll miss her everyday until we're gone...
I wish i could travel back in time, yeah i wish that i could travel back in time...
I'd get there just in time to take her hand in mine...and bring her safely back to you and me...
But i'm standing with a flower in my hand, yeah i'm standing with a flower in my hand...
And my tears are streaming down upon the petals of the rose i'm gonna rest against this cold, cold stone...