Songfacts®:

• Cohen claims he woke up one morning from a dream in which he heard a sexy woman's voice asking him the question, "How do we divide the smell of flowers?" Inspired by that strange question, Cohen sat down and wrote the song in a single morning.
• The swirling ending with overlapping vocals was inspired by The Beach Boys hit "God Only Knows." Annette Lum, wife of engineer/guitarist James Lum, sang on the end.
• A florist in Minnesota plays the song at his store daily and believes it inspires customers to buy more flower arrangements.
• Cohen's father used to say: "Flowers should be for the living but most people never receive them until they are dead." >>>

  Suggestion credit:
  Arnie - Los Angeles, CA, for all above