Plastic Flowers (Mixed Pages) - Neil Young

In the summertime

We met to see a threat

That came to harm something we both loved

And as the hours past

We talked until at last

It came the time to part

I was doing well

And I though she liked my style

I had no business thinking like that

But it lasted quite a while

I got my promises made

But before the time was farther

I show plastic flowers

To mother nature's daughter

She held a vase

Her misty gaze brought them to life

I was amazed she turned to me

With a tear in her eye

We went to give our thanks

Along the river banks

And watched the water flow

As it rolled along

She scoops some river sand

And held it in her hand

And sang a little song

We saw the water lines

Left there from ancient times

I watch the sand falling through her fingers

On the shore so dry

I was doing well

And I though she liked my style

I had no business feeling like that

But it lasted quite a while

I got my promises made

But before the time was farther

I show plastic flowers

To mother nature's daughter