Black Flowers (Wide Winged Bird Version)

[Verse 1]

Walking home in her dirty clothes

She is a flower that no one knows

And the man her blue eyes hold

I can see it now, in the way they glow

She gave blood to him for me

[Verse 2]

Oh, the blade of the old man's knife

How he carved his twisted life

Through her young body in the hard, white light

And her eyes, they fell as black as night

She gave blood to him for me

[Chorus]

Her little wrists

Her little hands

Black flowers land

Into her future child

[Verse 3]

I see my momma at 15

Dancing like a disco queen

I see my father, he was 43

And he held her down, saying, "Don't you scream."

She gave blood to him for me

[Chorus]

Her little wrists

Her little hands

Black flowers land

Into her future

My mother

My mother

My mother