[Verse 1] I learned young that life don't always Give you what a child should know Some folks chose the bottle Some folks chose not to show So Grandma kept the lights on And Grandpa taught me how to stand We didn't have an easy story But I learned to make my own plans [Pre-Chorus] And somewhere in that little house Three sisters learned the same thing When one of us was falling down The other two would pull the chain [Chorus] We got flowers on the line And a lifetime in between A little telephone beside them For the ones who always check on me We've been through hell and back together We've watched each other change Different roads, different scars But we still answer when they call our name Yeah, we got flowers on the line And we're still talking all the time [Verse 2] I was barely grown when I became The kind of woman raising one Had surgeries and setbacks And a thousand battles still to come But every time the world got heavy There was somebody on the phone Saying girl, you know we're with you You don't ever stand alone [Pre-Chorus] We didn't have a perfect childhood We didn't get an easy start But we learned to build a family Out of pieces and big hearts [Chorus] We got flowers on the line And a lifetime in between A little telephone beside them For the ones who always check on me We've been through hell and back together We've watched each other change Different roads, different scars But we still answer when they call our name Yeah, we got flowers on the line And we're still talking all the time [Bridge] Now the kids are grown And the years move fast But somebody's always saying Girl, you remember that? One phone call turns to two hours Then somebody starts to laugh Talking about the old days Like they're sitting in the same room again And maybe that's what family is Not perfect, just still there Three voices crossing miles To remind you somebody cares [Final Chorus] We got flowers on the line For everything we've survived And little telephones beside them For every time we said, you alright? We've been mothers, we've been daughters We've been broken, we've been strong And somehow through it all We kept each other moving on So here's to all the years behind us And every one that's still in sight Three sisters, three little flowers And a telephone on every side We got flowers on the line And we're still talking all the time [Outro] So if you see that little telephone You already know what it means Somebody's calling Somebody's listening Somebody's saying... You good? Yeah. I'm good.
