Cold Comfort Flowers

Peace sign on the window, Japanese car
You will remember the pap on the radio
Big blue policeman says stay where you are
Surrender your Chinese arms

Oh-h-ho

Rock show Romeo, black and white shoes
Strawberry haircut, in fist-pumping prime
Scrape off the dross, and keep what you can use
And leave the weaker ones behind

Oh-h-ho

They step outside to step out slow
And they try to find a hole they can't outgrow

They evolve in time
Wine finely on the vine
Climbing toward the spots in the sun
An unwelcome fate
May ferry all away
But cold comfort flowers
Will bloom and decay

Pink clouds, summer sorrow, oceanside swells
If you don't feel pretty with your face in the tide
Well, file your complaint in weary detail
And tell the little people you tried

Oh-h-ho

They step outside to step out slow
In vain trying to find a hole they can't outgrow

They evolve in time
Wine finely on the vine
Climbing toward the spots in the sun
An unwelcome fate
May ferry all away
But cold comfort flowers
Will blossom and fade

They evolve in time
Wine finely on the vine
Climbing toward the spots in the sun
An unwelcome fate
May ferry all away
But cold comfort flowers
Will bloom and decay

They evolve in time
Wine finely on the vine
Climbing toward the spots in the sun
An unwelcome fate
May ferry all away
But cold comfort flowers
Will bloom and decay