Used to think geraniums were an ugly flower
Used to think if you had an in-ground pool, you had all the power
You were elite if you had cable TV and Pantene Pro V in the shower
But change is man of the hour
And now I love those ugly flowers
There were seven different cakes on the table that day
For everyone's birthday in the month of May
Wal turned three and Grandpa, eighty-eight
And it's not quite the same now grandma is gone
She was the life of the party and it just feels wrong
But Dot's out of town so Mum stepped up to the plate
And we all sing along
And life goes on and on
We went to church sometimes when I was a child
Was just us, our grandparents and some lady that never smiled
It was forty degrees and there was no breeze
We lay down on the tiles
And it really did take a while
To get that lady to smile
There were seven different cakes on the table that day
For everyone's birthday in the month of May
Wal turned three and Grandpa, eighty-eight
And it's not quite the same now grandma is gone
She was the life of the party and it just feels wrong
But Dot's out of town so Mum stepped up to the plate
And we all sing along
And life goes on and on
Life goes on and on and on and on and on...
Big families and small houses
Veneer walls and pressed trousers
Secrets passed down in the idle hours
And all those ugly flowers
There were seven different cakes on the table that day
For everyone's birthday in the month of May
Wal turned three and Grandpa, eighty-eight
And it's not quite the same now grandma is gone
She was the life of the party and it just feels wrong
But Dot's out of town so Mum stepped up to the plate
And we all sing along
And life goes on and on
Life goes on and on and on and on and on...
I used to think geraniums were an ugly flower
