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