Lyrics Famous Flower of Manhattan.lrc The Avett Brothers
[id: oqrqrzqc]
[ar: The Avett Brothers]
[al: Four Thieves Gone: The Robbinsville Sessions]
[ti: Famous Flower of Manhattan]
[length: 03:52]
[00:19.03]I found a flower in a field
[00:23.16]A field of cars and people
[00:25.63]Rows of concrete, paint, and steel
[00:28.15]Manhattan is where it grew
[00:35.16]
[00:38.25]And I thought to cut it from its stem
[00:42.28]And take it from the cracks
[00:44.27]Between bricks that it lay in
[00:47.26]And save it from city strife
[00:54.22]
[00:56.37]Away from the city life
[01:03.32]
[01:05.36]Then someone, they whispered in my ear
[01:12.42]A county girl can’t be made out of anybody here
[01:15.41]Don’t touch it, it loves you not
[01:24.45]Don’t touch it, it loves you not
[01:33.40]
[01:35.44]’Cause blue birds don’t fly without their wings
[01:41.47]
[01:57.18]And when we put them in a cage
[01:59.15]The world can’t hear them sing
[02:01.19]So selfish when greed sets in
[02:07.12]
[02:10.22]Possession, the king of sin
[02:17.25]
[02:20.28]And people don’t ever let you down
[02:24.23]Forever find a way to kill whatever love they’ve found
[02:30.88]A heart beat, and I want it too
[02:37.95]Manhattan is where she grew
[02:45.97]
[02:48.03]So I left and I let the flower be
[02:53.36]
[03:20.27]And yesterday, saw the flower on cable TV
[03:24.37]Much prettier than here with me
[03:31.32]
[03:34.45]For all of the world to see
[03:42.46]Much prettier than here with me
[03:47.46]Year of Release: 2006