Laurie Anderson - Bring Her Some Flowers lyrics

They die in the winter in
Chicago the cold takes
Them away it sweeps in off the lake
And off they go it has done for centuries now
Some of them died in the stockyards in
Chicago or in backyards full of
Rusted jungle gyms and old stoves and
Snow some in overheated houses
Out in the winter woods others in
Their dock blinds or in their
Leaking boats when they sank in one
Of the icy great lakes

It was in the winter – last winter – when
I heard that my mother was dying and so
I had to go and I was kind of
Worried so I talked to Father Pierre
Who's a priest a converted Egyptian Jew
A playboy who loves elegant things and
Has a book collection of 30, 000 books and
He's such a smart guy and so I
Said "Listen i have a really
Big problem i'm going to see my
Mother and she's dying but, i don't love
Her" And Father Pierre said "Okay, well
Just bring her some flowers and tell her
You've always cared about her" And I
Thought 'I can do that' Besides
You really don't want to lie
To someone who's dying

But when I got there
They were rushing her around in a gurney
And I didn't have time to get the flowers
And it was loud and confusing and there
Wasn't a single moment to say "You know
I've always cared about you" And then all
Of a sudden – she was dead