I planted sunflower seeds for the third year in a row

And once again it seems that

None of them will grow

Not a single one will grow

Not a single one

And why?

I just don't know

As we hung our clothes in the sun to dry

Out on the line that we hung last Thursday night

On the hottest day of the year

I think about those seeds

And I fear

That they were dug up in the middle of the night

Or maybe they didn't get enough light

Or enough water

There was that one weekend I left town to help my brother

Yеah that's probably it

Yeah that's probably it

I remembеr on the third floor near a stack of cassettes

I was asked by someone if I could settle a bet

And if she was right about the phrase nipped in the bud

I just laughed and said I'm pretty sure she was

And then I dug up in the middle of the night

A flashbulb memory of you in the garden

That was so bright

With a sunflower dress on

Nothing under

Dancing like a rain god to the sound of thunder

A sunflower dress on

And that's probably it

And that's probably it

And that's probably it

And that's probably it