Dead Flowers

"Dead Flowers" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the rock and roll band The Rolling Stones off their 1971 album Sticky Fingers. Recording on "Dead Flowers" began on December 15, 1969 at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama during their winter tour of America. It is one of the few songs on the album to feature each member of the Rolling Stones playing their respective instruments, plus pianist Ian Stewart. A live cut from their 1994 Voodoo Lounge Tour can be found on the 1995 live album Stripped. The Stones performed the song on September 29, 2006 during their A Bigger Bang Tour at Louisville's famed Churchill Downs, in reference to a line from the song.

[Verse 1] Well, when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair Talking 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 [Pre-Chorus] Take me down, little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the queen of the underground [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] Well, when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac Making bets on Kentucky Derby Day I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon And another girl can take my pain away [Pre-Chorus] Take me down, little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the queen of the underground [Chorus] 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 Hey [Pre-Chorus] Take me down, little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the queen of the underground [Chorus] And you can send me dead flowers every morning Send me dead flowers by the U.S. Mail Say it with dead flowers at my wedding And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave No, I won’t forget to put roses on your grave