^GOutside my house is a cactus plant they call the century t^Aree ^GOnly once in a hundred years it flowers grace^Dfully ^Gand you never know when it will b^Aloom

^DHey, do you ^Awanna come o^Cut and pl^Gay the ga^Dme? ^Ait's nev^Cer too lat^Ge (2x)

^GClementine ^BbHunter was fift^Fy-four ^Cbefore she p^Gacked up the p^Fain

^COld Uncle T^Gaylor was eight^Bby-one ^Fwhen he ro^Cde his ^Abike ^Dacross the^A plains of Ch^Fina (uh-huh) ^GAnd the sun was shining on that^D day ^Ajust l^Cike to^Gday

^DHey, do you ^Awanna come o^Cut and pl^Gay the ga^Dme? ^Ait's nev^Cer too lat^Ge (2x)

^GDidn't know ^Dhow to tell ^Gher ^Gfor all the thirty year^As ^Gkept locked up inside ^Ahimself ^Gand no one saw the te^Aars ^Gand then she went aw^Aay ^Gand he woke up that d^Aay

^Emnow he brings roses to his s^Dweetheart ^Gshe lives most anyw^Ahere ^Emhe sees som^Geone suffer^Ding ^Ghe knows that de^Aspair ^Ghe offers them a r^Aose ^Gand some quiet pros^Ae ^G'bout dancin' in a shimm^Aering ballroom '^Gcause you never know^D when ^Ait will bloom

^DHey, do you ^Awanna come o^Cut and pl^Gay the ga^Dme? ^Ait's nev^Cer too lat^Ge (8x)