Flowers On the Wall Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I keep hearing you're concerned about my happiness
But all the thought you're giving me is conscience, I guess

If I were walking in your shoes, I wouldn't worry none
While you and your friends are worrying 'bout me
I'm having lots of fun

[Chorus]
Counting flowers on the wall, that don't bother me at all
Playing solitaire 'til dawn with a deck of fifty one

Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me I've nothing to do


[Verse 2]
Last night I dressed in tails pretending I was on the town
As long as I can dream, it's hard to slow this swinger down
So please don't give a thought to me, I'm really doing fine
You can always find me here and having quite a time

[Chorus]
Counting flowers on the wall, that don't bother me at all
Playing solitaire 'til dawn with a deck of fifty one

Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me I've nothing to do


[Verse 3]
It's good to see you, I must go, I know I look a fright
Anyway, my eyes are not accustomed to this light
And my shoes are not accustomed to this hard concrete
So I must go back to my room and make my day complete

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Genius Annotation

“Flowers on the Wall” is sung by a narrator responding to an ex-lover’s worries about his loneliness and isolation. The tone is rather ambiguous, and could be either a tongue-in-cheek admission of depression, or a sincere rebuffing of the mistaken sympathy of others.

Stylistically, “Flowers on the Wall” is a fairly traditional country/western song with clear influences from bluegrass (for example, the lack of percussion and the prominent banjo line). The song was notably featured in a seminal scene from the 1994 neo-noir film Pulp Fiction.

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