Flowers On The Wall - The Statler Brothers

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"Flowers On The Wall"
(Lew DeWitt)


[Verse 1]

             
I keep hearin'

              
 you're concer

      
ned about my h

appiness
            
But all that t

              
hought you've 

             
given me is co

nscience I gue

ss
             
If I were walk

              
in' in your sh

       
oes, I wouldn'

t worry none
            
While you and 

              
your friends a

              
re worryin' 'b

             
out me, I'm ha

vin' lots of f

un


[Chorus]

          
Countin' flowe

rs on the wall

, that don't b

other me at al

l

Playin' solitaire 'til dawn, with a deck of fifty-one
         
Smokin' cigare

ttes and watch

in' "Captain K

angaroo"
              
Now don't tell

 
 me
             
I've nothin' t

   
o do


[Verse 2]

             
Last night I d

              
ressed in tail

             
s, pretended I


 was on the to

wn
            
As long as I c

              
an dream it's 

         
hard to slow t

his swinger do

wn
             
So please don'

              
t give a thoug

          
ht to me, I'm 

really doin' f

ine
            
You can always

              
 find me here 

    
and havin' qui

te a time


[Chorus]

              
Countin' flowe

    
rs on the wall

, that don't b

other me at al

l
 
Playin' solita

ire 'til dawn,

 with a deck o

f fifty-one
         
Smokin' cigare

ttes and watch

in' "Captain K

angaroo"
              
Now don't tell

 
 me
             
I've nothin' t

   
o do


[Verse 3]

             
It's good to s

              
ee you, I must

       
 go, I know I 

look a fright
            
Anyway, my eye

              
s are not accu

  
stomed to this

 light
             
And my shoes a

              
re not accusto

    
med to this ha

rd concrete
            
So I must go b

              
ack to my room

     
 and make my d

ay complete


[Chorus]

          
Countin' flowe

rs on the wall

, that don't b

other me at al

l

Playin' solita

ire 'til dawn,

 with a deck o

f fifty-one
         
Smokin' cigare

ttes and watch

in' "Captain K

angaroo"
              
Now don't tell

 
 me
             
I've nothin' t

   
o do


[Coda]

          
Don't tell me
             
I've nothin' t

   
o do
             
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