Don't Ruin Flowers

Album: yet to be titled (2025)
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  • Wild ones are for dashboards, slow drives on a Sunday
    Tulips are for backyards, garden at my mom's place
    Roses are for Valentines, daisies are for check out lines
    Tale as old as time, I know what you're gonna do
    But boy, they ain't a Band-Aid, can't cover up the truth
    So don't you go and make a stop at the local flower shop

    You can ruin a dive bar, wreck my summer
    Steal every Chesney song on that record
    And ruin tequila and all our plans
    You can keep it all, boy, I don't give a damn
    Just don't show up at my place and fill up a vase
    With a halfway-hearted apology
    Have your pick, you can choose
    Just don't ruin flowers for me

    I'll probably throw 'em out the second that I get 'em
    So save yourself the money, I'll save myself the problem
    Of he loves me, he loves me not
    A constant reminder that you did me wrong

    You can ruin a dive bar, wreck my summer
    Steal every Chesney song on that record
    And ruin tequila and all our plans
    You can keep it all, boy, I don't give a damn (oh, oh)
    Just don't show up at my place and fill up a vase
    With a halfway-hearted apology
    Have your pick, you can choose
    Just don't ruin flowers for me

    Oh, don't ruin flowers for me
    Oh
    Don't turn a beautiful thing into something I hate

    You can ruin a dive bar, wreck my summer
    Steal every Chesney song on that record
    And ruin tequila and all our plans
    You can keep it all, boy, I don't give a damn (oh, oh)
    Just don't show up at my place and fill up a vase
    With a halfway-hearted apology
    Have your pick, you can choose
    Just don't ruin flowers for me Writer/s: Lydia Sutherland, Ryan Kohn, Tenille Jade Dakota Arts
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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