I been working all day long on some old forgotten place

A place where mom and papa rest beneath the cold cold clay

Though the tears may fill my eyes there's a smile upon my face

I see God remembered mom and daddy put flowers on their grave

And there's wild flowers blooming on mom and papa's graves

There's no tame ones ever brought here anymore

For the family they've all gone

I've been in prison much too long

But God keeps the wild flowers blooming on mom and papa's grave

You know I still remember just as though it was only yesterday

All the hell that my mom and dad

Went through to live on from day to day

But the love they both gave us oh it was surely heaven sent

And all the heartaches

I've caused 'em God knows I'll always regret

And there's wild flowers blooming on mom and papa's graves

There's no tame ones ever brought here anymore

For the family they've all gone

I've been in prison much too long

But god keeps the wild flowers blooming on mom and papa's grave

God

It's wild flowers blooming on mom and papa's graves