Send You No Flowers
Love's Thorns: A Heart's Cry for More Than Flowers
Lyrics
Just want your arms around me
Expressing a desire for emotional closeness and intimacy.
Your ever lovin' arms around me
Emphasizing the longing for the continuous love and embrace of the person.
You sent me flowers and a 'get well' card
Acknowledging a gesture of sending flowers and a 'get well' card.
After you had broken my heart
Noting the irony of receiving flowers after the sender has caused emotional pain.
Violets that were blue
Describing blue violets that symbolize unfaithfulness or betrayal.
Reminded me you'd never be true
Reflecting on the realization that the person will never be loyal or true.
So send me no flowers
Declining the desire to receive flowers as a form of comfort.
Don't need any flowers
Asserting that flowers are not needed to cope with the situation.
Because your kissin', baby
Stating that what is truly missed is the partner's kisses.
Is what I'm missin', baby
Emphasizing the importance of the partner's affectionate actions.
When I'm at home, all alone
Expressing a sense of loneliness when alone at home.
You don't even bother, bother to phone
Noting the partner's neglect by not bothering to call.
A little affection sometimes
Highlighting the need for occasional affection to comfort the heart.
Will sooth this heart of mine
Believing that affection can soothe the emotional pain.
But you send me flowers
Contrasting the sending of flowers with the actual need for affection.
To ease my lonely hours
Acknowledging the reception of flowers but emphasizing their inadequacy.
Send me no flowers
Reiterating the rejection of receiving flowers for comfort.
Don't need any flowers
Affirming that flowers are not required; only the partner's kisses are needed.
Just need your kissin', baby
Stressing the importance of the partner's kisses unequivocally.
And I don't mean maybe, baby
Asserting the necessity of the partner's kisses without any uncertainty.
Send me no flowers, baby
Repeating the rejection of flowers, specifying it as unnecessary.
Don't need any flowers, baby
Affirming the lack of need for flowers and reiterating the rejection.
I need affection sometimes
Expressing the occasional need for affection to comfort the heart.
To sooth this heart of mine
Reiterating that affection is required to soothe the emotional pain.
Send me no flowers, baby
Declining the desire for flowers and emphasizing the need for affection.
Don't need any flowers, baby
Reiterating the rejection of flowers and emphasizing the need for affection.
I need affection sometimes
Stating the occasional need for affection to soothe the heart.
To sooth this heart of mine
Reiterating the importance of affection in comforting the emotional state.
Send me no flowers, baby
Declining the desire for flowers and stressing the need for affection.
Don't need any flowers, baby
Affirming the rejection of flowers and reiterating the importance of affection.
I need affection sometimes
Emphasizing the occasional need for affection to soothe the heart.
To sooth this heart of mine
Reiterating the importance of affection in comforting the emotional state.
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