Wildflower Lyrics

Paula Cole Wildflower

[Verse 1]
I wanted to hold her hand
She was too embarrassed
I didn't like the boys, I didn't like most men
They did all the bad things
And she could outrun all of them
She outran all of them

[Pre-Chorus]
So free
So fast
So beautiful
So free
So fast
So beautiful
[Chorus]
I'm wild
I'm a wildflower
I'm wild
I'm a wildflower

[Verse 2]
Blossoming gently
I showed her where
I showed her slow
I led her to the rock ledge
On a slab of granite knowledge
Too young to know the sacrilege

[Pre-Chorus]
We laid down
We laid down
We laid down
We laid down
We laid down
We laid down

[Chorus]
I'm wild
I'm a wildflower
I'm wild
I'm a wildflower
[Verse 3]
There were plenty of men to admire
Fools came and went
The gentlemen
My great loves
Rested in my arms
I never found a home with my Carmen

[Verse 4]
Though I longed
And I marched
"Make up your f..cking mind!" they barked
Feeling counterfeit
Never fitting in
Between two worlds, between two generations

[Verse 5]
They're so young
So fluid
My secrets now they just feel, they just feel foolish
Release me
This stoic oak tree
Is coming down, down, down

[Chorus]
I'm wild
I'm a wildflower
I'm wild
I'm a wildflower
I'm wild
I'm a wildflower
I'm wild
I'm a wildflower