Alicia Ross Lyrics - Asking For Flowers - Kathleen Edwards

I am a girl with a forgettable face 

No matter my color, no matter my name 

At work, there is a boy and he treats me well 

My old friends from high school, I see them around 

August is here, I can't believe how fast 

Soon there will be winter and snow on the ground 

Maybe, by then I could get my own place 

Closer to the city if that's okay 

But mama, can you feel me? 

As I dragged on my day's last cigarette 

He pulled me so hard off my 

Very own back door steps 

And he laid me in his garden 

All the years I've watched him tend 

And then he took me, mama 

So I could never tell you about it 

Inside of this moment there are things I wish I could know 

Like my ring size, your ring size and the hour I was born 

My dad's middle name, your favorite song 

Was your darkest day as dark as this one? 

Mama, can you feel me? 

As I dragged on my day's last cigarette 

He pulled me so hard off my 

Very own back door steps 

And he laid me in his garden 

All the years, I've watched him tend 

He took me, mama, so I could never tell you about it 

Now I'm a girl who's face they'll never forget