Pink Carnations

He gives her a pink carnation It's the first prom she'll ever attend She's waited so long for this moment So she can't wait for it to begin Her daddy says, "Have her back by midnight" He says, "Yes sir", as he opens her door When she sits down, he pulls from the driveway As the bottle rolls out in the floor She says, "I didn't think we were drinking" As he held the bottle to his lips She says, "Stop it, what are you thinking?" He says, "Come on just take a couple sips" She promised her dad that she wouldn't And she always tried keep her word The sound of a car horn blowing Was that last sound that she ever heard They ran off the road, down the embankment And Into the side of a tree She didn't know that he'd already been drinking And was as drunk as he could possibly be He gives her a pink carnation It's the first prom she'll ever attend She's waited so long for this moment So she can't wait for it to begin