Dead Flowers

Dead Flowers
Well when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair
Talkin' to some rich folk that you know
Well I hope you won't see me in my ragged company
Well, you know I could never be alone

Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Well when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac
Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day
Ah, I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
Take me down little Susie, take me down
I know you think you're the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the U.S. Mail
Say it with dead flowers in my wedding
And I won't forget to put roses on your grave
No, I won't forget to put roses on your grave
En esta canción de los Rolling Stones, 'Dead Flowers', la letra nos sumerge en un ambiente de melancolía y desencanto. La narrativa nos presenta un contraste entre dos mundos: por un lado, la imagen de lujo y opulencia, representada por una persona sentada en su elegante silla de seda, conversando con personas adineradas; por otro lado, la crudeza y soledad de otro individuo que no encaja en ese círculo social, mostrando su vulnerabilidad al no poder ser parte de ese entorno privilegiado...