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If You Were a Flower

by Rocky Leplin

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This song was written and recorded in Nashville in 1972, back when people sometimes substituted "if'n" for "if", without first approving the doltish expression with me. And it never got recorded because people misunderstood the last verse, which, following the first two, is perfectly logical.

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If you were a flower
And you were a briar rose
And I had to find my way through a briar patch to getcha
You know I’d risk my clothes
But if you were a daisy
Growin’ on a hill so free
And I’d walk by through a windy sky
You know I’d let you be
But it’s the daisy that I really want
Yes it’s the daisy that I really want

And if you were a season
And you were the spring
And I had to fly through the winter to be with you
I’d do it with a broken wing
But if you were the summer
And I was just passin’ through
I’d probably wave hello and not even know
Till the summer was all through
That it’s the summer that I really want
Yes it’s the summer that I really want

But you are not a flower
And you are not a season
You are a woman, and that’s all the more reason
That if you were lonely
I’d try and comfort you
If you were a spirit free I’d wave hello as I passed through
But it’s your freedom that I really want
Yes it’s your freedom that I really want

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released October 26, 2021
Performers, including singer, are unknown.

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Rocky Leplin Richmond, California

Rocky Leplin is a singer-songwriter and author who has written 500 songs and eight books, six of them on Amazon, including the rhymed verse epic novel "Humphrey's Long Journey Away From the Sea," the off-world romance musical "The Purpose of the Moon," and "A Psycho's Guide to Animal Companionship." ... more

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