Plastic Flowers

from An Idaho Dozen by The Country Club

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Plastic Flowers

AS I sit in this jailhouse and look ‘round the place
I just have to laugh at some things
Half-hearted attempts to brighten the space
Attempts to deny what it is

A picture of valleys and mountains complete
A bowl full of candy that nobody eats
And there in the corner white, yellow, and red
A bouquet of flowers, not living or dead

Oh, plastic flowers, what do they mean
It’s the saddest attempt that this man’s ever seen
And who put them there was it some kind of joke?
Those plastic flowers only give me false hope

I can’t cry anymore as I rot in this cell
My luck has run out, bridges burned
When it’s all said, there’s no story to tell
But maybe I’ve got what I earned

And those plastic flowers sit there day after day
It’s been years since someone brushed the cobwebs away
No one cares about them, no one come to see
How I feel for those flowers, ‘cause they’re just like me

Oh, plastic flowers, what do they mean
It’s the saddest attempt that this man’s ever seen
And who put them there was it some kind of joke?
Those plastic flowers only give me false hope

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from An Idaho Dozen, released February 22, 2014

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The Country Club Boise, Idaho

The Country Club from Boise, Idaho plays original and traditional music from the front lines of the nostalgia wars. Their sound, while drawn from the well of classic country, honky tonk, and bluegrass rings and twangs with modernity and occasional urbanity. From dark and dirty to clean and pristine the Country Club is as at home on the range as it is in an uptown club or saloon downtown.
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