And I gave a flower to the a big fat cop He takes his club and beats me up And I give a flower to the garbage man He stuffs my girl in the garbage can Well, love power, love power The power of a sweet flower Love power, love power The power of a sweet flower And I give it to the landlord when the rent comes 'round He throws it in the toilet and he flush it down And it goes into the sewer with the yuck a-runnin' through her And it ends up in the river that we drink, hey world, you stink Minutes later then you think World you got just one more chance Come on baby wanna' dance? Well, love power, love power The power of a sweet flower Love power, love power The power of a sweet flower Love is the power that is mine When I'm walkin' with my darlin' and we're holdin' hands Love is fun 'cause she understands Walkin' down the Sunday street Givin' pretty flowers to the people that we meet Well, love power, love power The power of a sweet flower Love power, love power The power of a sweet flower And I gave a flower to the a big fat cop He takes his club and beats me up And I give a flower to the garbage man He stuffs my girl in the garbage can And I give it to the landlord when rent comes 'round He throws it in the toilet and flush it down And it goes into the sewer with the yuck a-runnin' through her And it ends up in the river that we drink, hey world, you stink Minutes later then you think World you got just one more chance Come on baby wanna dance? Well, love power, love power The power of a sweet flower Love power, love power The power of a sweet flower You don't care about no flowers All you care about is your skin