A Flower Opens Gently By

(R. Nelson)



Feeling crowded sidewalks burn

And lonely couples never learn

Paying tributes to our dead

With empty words we never said

Goodbye, so long.



Spilling time at every turn

Living lives of no return

As stately figures compromise

A flower opens gently by

Goodbye, so long.



Like fearless barks of frightened dogs

We hide behind some worthy cause

AS anger starts it's empty rise

A flower opens gently by

Goodbye, so long.



It hurts so bad to lose a friend

There's a valley where the river's been

While all you wingless birdmen try to fly

A flower closes gently by

Goodbye, so long.



Bye bye, so long...