Little Green Flower With the Yellow on Top

(Tom T. Hall)



The little green flower with the yellow on top

You told me the name but I soon forgot

I know roses and forget-me-nots

What's that little green flower with the yellow on top.



We got married in a little white church

I had a big red rose on my shirt

You had some flowers but you gave them away

And the little green flower was bloomin' that day.



It's that little green flower with the yellow on top

You told me the name but I soon forgot

I know roses and forget-me-nots

What's that little green flower with the yellow on top.



Remember the night that I came home drunk

Stopped in the driveway got you a bunch

You got mad said they shouldn't be picked

They were there next morning when I woke up sick.



It's that little green flower with the yellow on top

You told me the name but I soon forgot

I know roses and forget-me-nots

What's that little green flower with the yellow on top.



It's been a long time since I gave you that ring

You often said I didn't know a bloomin' thing

But happy anniversary and look what I got

Some little green flowers with the yellow on top...