Capo 2nd fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Her mama cussed, she was out of film
As her baby came down those stairs looking right at him
His hands, they shook as he pinned on that corsage
And she almost cried cause she liked this guy from the very start
Shoulda been just another first, not the last
A beautiful moment in two lives when they looked back, now theyre
Chorus
Flowers by the side of the road
Yeah ,thats all thats left of the hopes and dreams of two seventeen year olds
Some dreams live on and some, they dont
All thats left to know, all thats left to show are flowers by the side of the road
Couldve been me, couldve been you
How many times have I said Ive just had one or two
Its a sobering thought, its a sobering sight
How like a bad, bad dream you can lose everything on a careless night
Be the one who lives, be the one whos gone
Be the mother whose heart has to somehow go on, but shell leave