Flowers by the Side of the Road

Her mama cussed she was out of film as her baby came down the stairs looking right at him his hands, they shook as he pinned on that corsage & she almost cried 'cause she liked this guy from the very start. Should've been just another first, not the last beautiful moment in 2 lives when they looked back but now they're Chorus: Flowers by the side of the road yeah, that's all that's left of the hopes & dreams of two 17 year olds. Some dreams live on, & some they don't. All that's left to know, all that's left to show are flowers by the side of the road. Could've been me, could've been you how many times have I said I just had 1 or 2 it's a sobering thought its a sobering sight how like a bad, bad dream you can lose everything on a careless night be the one who lives, be the one who's gone be the mother whose heart has to somehow go on but she'll leave