Her momma cussed She was out of film As her baby came down those stairs Looking right at him His hands they shoke As he pinned on that corsage And she almost cried 'Cause she'd liked this guy From the very start Shoulda been just another first Not the last A beautiful moment In two lives When they looked back Now there's flowers By the side of the road Yeah that's all that's left Of the hopes and dreams Of two seventeen year olds Some dreams live on And some they don't All that's left to know All that's left to show Are flowers by the side of the road Coulda been me Coulda been you How many times have I said Just have one or two It's a soberin' thought It's a soberin' sight Like a bad bad dream You can lose everything One careless night Be the one who lives Be the one whose gone Be the mother whose heart Has to somehow go on Shouldn't be there's flowers By the side of the road Yeah that's all that's left Of the hopes and dreams Of two seventeen year olds Some dreams live on And some they don't All that's left to know All that's left to show Are flowers by The side of the road Flowers by the side Of the road Coulda been me Coulda been you