No flowers for me again today
From you to me to say
Happy Anniversary
Did you just forget again
Or is it now just a day to you
Too unimportant to remember
Another anniversary, just like last year’s
Just another day now, just the same
No longer with a special name
Just another day, another argument
And I’ve no idea what started that for you
……..I never do (pause here before line)
Something so small, something I maybe said
Maybe it was just a look that I gave
Who knows anymore, who can say
And today I was just too slow, or too tired
To avoid your fist, move myself out of harm’s way
It’s always the same, always me to blame
For you having no job, having no money
For the bills that keep coming in every day
That what you keep telling me
All now that you ever have to say
Another mark on my face
My wedding anniversary present from you
I no longer even try to lie to my friends now
No more excuses, I tell them about your blows, everyone knows
Why do you stay they all say
You’re worth more this
That’s what they all say, day after day
But where would I go, that you would not find me again
I’ve got no job, no money
And this is my home, here are my friends, why should I leave
You’re so rarely here now anyhow
No flowers bought for me today
What little money we have
You drink and gamble away with your friends
Maybe this is how everyone’s story ends
No flowers for me today
On our wedding anniversary
Just another day, another passing of the years
More flowing of my tears
I wish sometimes that I was strong enough, brave enough
To listen to my friends, take their advice
Start afresh somewhere else
Get a new life…wouldn’t that be nice
I know I’m not strong enough or brave enough
But I don’t know how much longer
I can put up with you and what you have become
It wasn’t always like this, I tell them all
If I’m honest we were never love’s young dream
It was never really for either of us wedded bliss
But it was alright, we got along together
What went so wrong
Was it me, was it you
No flowers for me today
On my wedding anniversary
"No Flowers Today" Copyright © Tom King 2022
From you to me to say
Happy Anniversary
Did you just forget again
Or is it now just a day to you
Too unimportant to remember
Another anniversary, just like last year’s
Just another day now, just the same
No longer with a special name
Just another day, another argument
And I’ve no idea what started that for you
……..I never do (pause here before line)
Something so small, something I maybe said
Maybe it was just a look that I gave
Who knows anymore, who can say
And today I was just too slow, or too tired
To avoid your fist, move myself out of harm’s way
It’s always the same, always me to blame
For you having no job, having no money
For the bills that keep coming in every day
That what you keep telling me
All now that you ever have to say
Another mark on my face
My wedding anniversary present from you
I no longer even try to lie to my friends now
No more excuses, I tell them about your blows, everyone knows
Why do you stay they all say
You’re worth more this
That’s what they all say, day after day
But where would I go, that you would not find me again
I’ve got no job, no money
And this is my home, here are my friends, why should I leave
You’re so rarely here now anyhow
No flowers bought for me today
What little money we have
You drink and gamble away with your friends
Maybe this is how everyone’s story ends
No flowers for me today
On our wedding anniversary
Just another day, another passing of the years
More flowing of my tears
I wish sometimes that I was strong enough, brave enough
To listen to my friends, take their advice
Start afresh somewhere else
Get a new life…wouldn’t that be nice
I know I’m not strong enough or brave enough
But I don’t know how much longer
I can put up with you and what you have become
It wasn’t always like this, I tell them all
If I’m honest we were never love’s young dream
It was never really for either of us wedded bliss
But it was alright, we got along together
What went so wrong
Was it me, was it you
No flowers for me today
On my wedding anniversary
"No Flowers Today" Copyright © Tom King 2022
NOTE. I was never sure when writing this one if this person found the strength to leave this long dead and now abusive relationship. I decided that this time she stayed as sadly, many people just do not have the strength or even the opportunity to walk away when they should.