Cold Comfort Flowers

Peace sign on the window 
  Japanese car 
  You will remember the pap on the radio 
  Big blue policeman says stay where you are 
  Surrender your Chinese arms 

  Oh-h-ho 

  Rock show Romeo 
  Black and white shoes 
  Strawberry haircut, in fist-pumping prime 
  Scrape off the dross, and keep what you can use 
  And leave the weaker ones behind 

  Oh-h-ho 

  They step outside to step out slow 
  And they try to find a hole they can't outgrow 

  They evolve in time 
  Wine finely on the vine 
  Climbing toward the spots in the sun 
  An unwelcome fate 
  May ferry all away 
  But cold comfort flowers 
  Will bloom and decay 

  Pink clouds, summer sorrow 
  Oceanside swells 
  If you don't feel pretty 
  With your face in the tide 
  Well, file your complaint in weary detail 
  And tell the little people you tried 

  Oh-h-ho 

  They step outside to step out slow 
  In vain trying to find a hole they can't outgrow 

  They evolve in time 
  Wine finely on the vine 
  Climbing toward the spots in the sun 
  An unwelcome fate 
  May ferry all away 
  But cold comfort flowers 
  Will blossom and fade 

  They evolve in time 
  Wine finely on the vine 
  Climbing toward the spots in the sun 
  An unwelcome fate 
  May ferry all away 
  But cold comfort flowers 
  Will bloom and decay 

  They evolve in time 
  Wine finely on the vine 
  Climbing toward the spots in the sun 
  An unwelcome fate 
  May ferry all away 
  But cold comfort flowers 
  Will bloom and decay