Terry Lee Hale - Sad flower

Sitting here just wondering Why the thing refuses to grow I have shit on it enough To fertilize a whole damn row With salty tears I've faithfully watered Covered with a lid at night Even talked with the boys down at the corner Sad flower, don't seem right Wonder why it took so long To only get this high I have bought and read all the books Never seem to get it right I've tried hard to be patient Talked to it at least once a night Even moved it out here from the back room Sad flower don't seem right Wish I knew just how to make One pretty flower grow You would think I'd know just what to do I'm thirty-eight years old Can't see what's the problem Nobody wants it more than me But the flowers never seem to want to grow here Do you know what's wrong? Do you think it's me?