Supermarket Flowers

Album: ÷ (2017)
Charted: 8 75
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  • I took the supermarket flowers from the windowsill
    I threw the day-old tea from the cup
    Packed up the photo album Matthew had made
    Memories of a life that's been loved
    Took the get well soon cards and stuffed animals
    Poured the old ginger beer down the sink
    Dad always told me, "Don't you cry when you're down"
    But mum, there's a tear every time that I blink

    Oh, I'm in pieces, it's tearin' me up, but I know
    A heart that's broke is a heart that's been loved

    So I'll sing Hallelujah
    You were an angel in the shape of my mum
    When I fell down you'd be there holdin' me up
    Spread your wings as you go
    And when God takes you back
    He'll say, "Hallelujah, you're home"

    I fluffed the pillows, made the beds, stacked the chairs up
    Folded your nightgowns neatly in a case
    John says he'd drive then put his hand on my cheek
    And wiped a tear from the side of my face

    And I hope that I see the world as you did 'cause I know
    A life with love is a life that's been lived

    So I'll sing Hallelujah
    You were an angel in the shape of my mum
    When I fell down you'd be there holdin' me up
    Spread your wings as you go
    And when God takes you back
    He'll say, "Hallelujah, you're home"

    Hallelujah
    You were an angel in the shape of my mum
    You got to see the person I have become
    Spread your wings and I know
    That when God took you back
    He said, "Hallelujah, you're home" Writer/s: Benjamin Joseph Levin, Edward Christopher Sheeran, John McDaid
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Lynn from Surfside Beach, ScBeautiful, touching song
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