Bougainvillea, I Think

歌詞

Well, I'm trying to remember the flower that she'd wear She picked them from the wall out in the garden that we shared Where we'd sit and talk for hours with a beer and cigarettes She was my neighbor and I was her friend She was born in Argentina, lived a while in Mexico Raised a family in Los Feliz with some actor I didn't know And I would listen to her stories 'til the beer sent me to bed She was my neighbor and I was her friend But as I think about it now, it occurs to me After all this time I can't recall her name But if I try, I might recall the name of the flower on that wall Shades of purple, red and pink Bougainvillea, I think Well, I moved away some years ago, so now I guess she's gone But her stories somehow haunt me and they help me right my songs Just a kind and sweet old lady with her flowers on her her She was my neighbor and she was my friend So as I think about it now it seems strange to me That after all that time I can't picture her face But I can picture in my mind, the shape and the colour of that vine Shades of purple, red and pink Bougainvillea, I think Shades of purple, red and pink Bougainvillea, I think