Lyrics - Second Handed Flowers by Tom T. Hall

I was working in miami for a day or two
I decided
I’d look up a girl that
I once knew
I bought some flowers and went to see a girl
I used to know
The lady at her door said she had married long ago
Times will change and towns will change; there
I was alone
And suddenly
I wondered, would susie be at home?
So with the flowers in my hand,
I walked toward her gate
Someone touched me on the arm and said, you’ll have to wait.
Then
I noticed there were people standing in a line
And some of them were holding pretty flowers just like mine
They explained that susie had been in an awful crash
Doctors said that she had just a little while to last
When
I walked into her room,
I felt a sense of shame
But
I heard susie whisper,
I’m awfully glad you came.
She had been the girl that
I had always gone to see
When someone that
I cared for had been untrue to me
I handed her the flowers and she gently kissed my hand
She said, don’t be embarrassed; you know
I understand.
I said, goodbye and as
I bent to kiss her fevered brow
I heard her whisper, thank you for the second handed flowers.

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