Plastic Flowers - 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 thought 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 timeless father

I showed plastic flowers to Mother Nature’s daughter

She held a vase, her misty gaze brought them to life

I was amazed, she turned at 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 scooped 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, I thought 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 timeless father

I showed plastic flowers to Mother Nature’s daughter