[Verse 1] The flowers you gave me are rotting And still I refuse to throw them away Some of the bulbs never opened quite fully They might so Im waiting and staying awake [Chorus] Things I have loved Im allowed to keep Ill never know if I go to sleep [Verse 2] The papers around me are piling and twisting Regina the paperback mummy, what then Im taking the knife to the books that I own And Im chopping and chopping and boiling soup from stones [Chorus] Things I have loved Im allowed to keep Ill never know if I go to sleep Things I have loved Im allowed to keep Ill never know if I go to sleep [Outro]
allowed, chopping, loved, sleep, regina