Lyrics

Marigolds and dandelions
Both steal their color from the sun
But one gets planted and the other one gets plucked
The same ones always seem to get the clouds
The same ones always seem to get all the bad luck

And when you were small someone said
Rip out the roots of the one that doesn?t belong
And right there in that flowerbed you learned to separate the weak from the strong
And you took their golden petals you said this one?s right and this one?s wrong
Then you went to school and did the same thing to the kids there all day long

What made you a flower
And what made me a weed
What made you have it all
What made me have all the need
And what really was the difference between you and me
Marigolds and dandelions

So to survive I learned to be strong
I better make a lot of me cause chances are it won?t be long
Until you rid your garden
Until I?m scattered in the breeze
Until you make your flower crowns
Until the rain comes pouring down
Until you decide you don?t want someone like me hanging around

What made you a flower
And what made me a weed
What made you have it all
What made me have all the need
And what really was the difference between you and me
Marigolds and dandelions

So all you dandelions blow your wish on me