# ID this early 60s pop song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 26, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-early-60s-pop-song/247253 "2004-05-26T22:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-early-60s-pop-song/247253/1 "2004-05-26T22:52:52Z")
All you get is about half a sentence of lyrics. I can’t represent the melody here, but the overall sound makes me think it was in some way connected with the then-popular folksinging movement, but commercialized for big AM stations. I think the guy is describing how drab his life has been since she left him, because he’s now spending so much time _Smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo_ ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-early-60s-pop-song/247253/2 "2004-05-26T22:56:40Z")
The song is _Flowers on the wall_ by the Statler Brothers. [Here](http://www.thesonglyrics.com/s_song_lyrics/statlerbrothers_lyric1.html) are the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-early-60s-pop-song/247253/3 "2004-05-26T22:57:49Z")
‘Countin’ Flowers on the Wall’ Complete lyrics here: [http://www.coquet-shack.com/lyrics/Heatherly/Countin\_Flowers\_On\_The\_Wall\_0051.htm](http://www.coquet-shack.com/lyrics/Heatherly/Countin_Flowers_On_The_Wall_0051.htm) Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-early-60s-pop-song/247253/4 "2004-05-26T23:01:42Z")
:smack: