I Like Flowers working page
In-progress audio track, as of 1/30/25:
Music and lyrics by Michael T Roberts
Lead vocals by Will Hammond, Jr
Notes for final version
• Record live horns
• Fix rough spots in lead vocal and instrumental parts
• Record backing vocals
• Final mix and mastering
LYRICS
Listen up, I wanna tell y’all somethin’
I got feelings to share
Deep-down feelings
Been holdin’ ‘em back too long
And I got to let ‘em out
It’s called emotional health, y’all
So prepare your eardrums
‘Cause I’ma speak my truth
I’ma tell the woooooorld…!! [morphs into a scream, into the verse, sung:]
Everyone’s got a thang
A thang that makes ‘em hot
My thang’s bright and beautiful
And it grows out of a pot
I like flowers
Should I say it again?
I like flowers
Buttercup fires me up
Clover knocks me over
And when my day’s been a disaster
I get right with the family Aster
I like flowers
I ain’t afraid to sing it out
I like flowers
Cali poppies make me shout
Elderflower gives me power
Manzanita’s sweet-ah
Just send some rose straight up my nose
For an olfactory treat-ah
I like flowers
I like to smell ‘em, and eat ‘em too
I like flowers
I like to cut ‘em, and give ‘em to you
So I toil in the soil
And I flirt with the dirt
Yeah, I’m the man with a watering can
And my plan is to stand with the bountiful land
I like--
—what do we like?
WE LIKE FLOWERS
And all the birds and the bees and the butterflies say:
Pollination all across the nation
Sage is all the rage
Baby blue eyes wins the prize
‘Cause there ain’t no finer thing
Than a garden in the spring
I like flowers
Everybody sing it loud
I like flowers
Sing it out if the birds and the bees and the butterflies make you proud
Sing it out
Say it loud: WE LIKE FLOWERS
I like flowers
Lead vocals by Will Hammond, Jr
Notes for final version
• Record live horns
• Fix rough spots in lead vocal and instrumental parts
• Record backing vocals
• Final mix and mastering
LYRICS
Listen up, I wanna tell y’all somethin’
I got feelings to share
Deep-down feelings
Been holdin’ ‘em back too long
And I got to let ‘em out
It’s called emotional health, y’all
So prepare your eardrums
‘Cause I’ma speak my truth
I’ma tell the woooooorld…!! [morphs into a scream, into the verse, sung:]
Everyone’s got a thang
A thang that makes ‘em hot
My thang’s bright and beautiful
And it grows out of a pot
I like flowers
Should I say it again?
I like flowers
Buttercup fires me up
Clover knocks me over
And when my day’s been a disaster
I get right with the family Aster
I like flowers
I ain’t afraid to sing it out
I like flowers
Cali poppies make me shout
Elderflower gives me power
Manzanita’s sweet-ah
Just send some rose straight up my nose
For an olfactory treat-ah
I like flowers
I like to smell ‘em, and eat ‘em too
I like flowers
I like to cut ‘em, and give ‘em to you
So I toil in the soil
And I flirt with the dirt
Yeah, I’m the man with a watering can
And my plan is to stand with the bountiful land
I like--
—what do we like?
WE LIKE FLOWERS
And all the birds and the bees and the butterflies say:
Pollination all across the nation
Sage is all the rage
Baby blue eyes wins the prize
‘Cause there ain’t no finer thing
Than a garden in the spring
I like flowers
Everybody sing it loud
I like flowers
Sing it out if the birds and the bees and the butterflies make you proud
Sing it out
Say it loud: WE LIKE FLOWERS
I like flowers