I was working in Miami for a day or two

I decided I'd look up a girl

That I once knew

I bought some flowers

And went to see a girl I used to know

The lady at her door said

She had married long ago

Times will change and towns will

Change there I was alone

And suddenly I wondered,

Would Susie be at home?

So, with the flowers in my hand,

I walked toward her gate

Someone touched me on the arm and said,

“ You'll have to wait ”

Then I noticed there were

People standing in line

And some of them were holding pretty flowers,

Just like mine

They explained that Susie had been

In an awful crash

Doctors said that she had just

A little while to last

When I walked into her room,

I felt a sense of shame

But I heard Susie whisper,

"I'm awfully glad you came"

She had been the girl

That I had always gone to see

When someone that I cared

For had been untrue to me

I handed her the flowers

And she gently kissed my hand

She said, “ Don't be embarrassed,

You know I understand ”

I said, “ Goodbye ” and as I bent

To kiss her fevered brow

I heard her whisper,

"Thank you for the second handed flowers"