Second Handed Flowers

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

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

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

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

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