Second Handed Flowers Lyrics - 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." 

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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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