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For a long while she stood in the flower shop window
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The daffodils dearest at this time of year
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Inside she emptied her purse on the counter
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I want to buy all of the daffodils here
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By her eyes it was plain to see she'd been crying
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As she tucked back a loose strand of hair from her face
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I want to spend all of my money on flowers
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And I need every daffodil here in this place
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Clutching her harvest, a cornsheaf of flowers
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She clambered aboard the late rush hour tram
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And by Schweigaadsgate, a small pool of water
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Had formed on the floor as if wrung from her hands
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It all seemed to add to the lost look about her
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As the grey rattling city went rumbling past
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She sat like a small child testing for butter
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Her face lit in yellow from the flowers tightly clasped
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Once in her apartment, she lay down the blooms
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Divided them up into glasses and jars
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'Til daffodils filled every space in the room
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Then she lit every candle she could find in the house
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She bathed and she dressed and corked open champagne
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Which made pigeons fly from her window cill
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Then closing the curtains on the birds and the rain
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She stood among flickering daffodils
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Surrounded and centred she pondered her feelings
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Sofa'd and cushioned on feathers she lay
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Holding on to the pillows, lest she float to the ceiling
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And just like the cigarette smoke drift away
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She wondered just where the wind might deliver
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An unwritten letter in a torn envelope
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Though candlelight warmed, she suddenly shivered
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And the yellow flowers shimmered with brightness and hope.