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Song

Flower

Soundgarden

Ultramega OK (Expanded Reissue), 1989, English

Lyrics

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All of seventeen
Eyes a purple green
Treated like a Queen, she was
On borrowed self esteem
She would do a dance
A painful masquerade
Spinning you into her web
Along her vain parade
In her uniform
Studded brass and steel
Kissing napkin, lipstick stains
And smearing sincerity
Along her vain parade
Along her veins
Time crept up on her
She's an early grey
Her reflection looks concerned
As flowers hit her grave

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