Corner Shop Flowers

Your books lay open by the bed You read till all the letters swam I saw the notes above the sink The little time you had to think Today you passed the final test I got the brightest bunch they had Corner shop flowers For the hours no one saw Every small and stubborn morning You were building something more I met you by the station gate You laughed because the wrap was wet We took the flowers to our flat And put them in the biggest pan Corner shop flowers For the hours no one saw Every small and stubborn morning You were building something more Your mother called, we held the screen She cried before she'd said a thing You said you'd never done it alone I said the work was still your own Corner shop flowers For the hours no one saw Every small and stubborn morning You were building something more We cleared the books and made some space And danced beside the saucepan vase