written by Dolly Parton
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© 1986 Velvet Apple Music
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The hills were alive with wildflowers and I
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Was as wild, even wilder than they
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For at least I could run
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They just died in the sun
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And I refused to just wither in place
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Just a wild mountain rose
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Needing freedom to grow
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So I ran fearing not where I'd go
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When a flower grows wild
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It can always survive
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Wildflowers don't care where they grow
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And the flowers I knew
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In the fields where I grew
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Were content to be lost in the crowd
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They were common and close
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I had no room for growth
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And I wanted so much to branch out
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So I uprooted myself from home ground and left
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Took my dreams and I took to the road
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When a flower grows wild
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It can always survive
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Wildflowers don't care where they grow
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I grew up fast and wild
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And I never felt right
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In a garden so different from me
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I just never belonged
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I just longed to be gone
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So the garden one day set me free
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I hitched a ride with the wind
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And since he was my friend
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I just let him decide where we'd go
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When a flower grows wild
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It can always survive
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Wildflowers don't care where they grow
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Just a wild rambling rose seeking mysteries untold
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No regret for the path that I chose
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When a flower grows wild
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It can always survive
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Wildflowers don't care where they grow
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Wildflowers
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| Linda Ronstadt |
