Flowers are red is a song by Gerard van Maasakkers with brabant text. The song is a Dutch edit of the song Flowers are red by Harry Chapin from 1978 and appeared on Van Maasakkers' album 'Onderwege' (1982). Story
The song is about a boy drawing flowers in school in all colors, because `` there are flowers in all colors and he sees them all``. The teacher explains that he is not alone in the world and it does not make sense to see things differently than how to see them, and flowers are red and leaves are green. Because the boy is not convinced, he must stand in the corner until he behaves as it should. He becomes lonely and scared in the corner and this convinces him. He adjusts.
Then he comes in second class, where a teacher is whose flowers may have all the colors. But the boy does not know how ...
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