Tom Cochrane

Flowers In The Concrete

Tom Cochrane


Tilting at windmills on a downtown street 
O the big grey landscape has lost its sheep 
She wears a tight smile as she's walking the beat 
Looking for a little fame 
This ain't no oliver twist - no mister brownlow here 
She gathers enough spare change to get 
Something to eat 
She takes emeralds and ecstasy on a journey that's 
Miles and miles away from danger 
She just wants to be happy now 
CHORUS 
She's living on the street 
Flowers in the concrete 
What a beautiful beat 
Flowers in the concrete 
Walking on lines of poetry 
She's a shakesperian tragedy 
Between the beatniks the bums and the bohemians 
There's always somebody on the run 
Trying to get away from that danger 
She's just trying to get away from 
The stranger 
CHORUS 
She dances on the pavement 
Likes she's the only one 
Who's a stranger 
In a cloudburst she starts to cry 
You have to do the weirdest things just to 
stay alive 
I'm going down to meet my fate at the 
Jesus saves sign 
Maybe get lucky- maybe find my smile yeah 
CHORUS