Bougainvillea Lyrics

I left Peru for

A better life sure

Here in America

A kind and gentle man

Who seemed to understand

To me an open door

Job in his store

Botanical shop

Tropical nursery

Where I would want to be

His inventory stock

To me seemed all top notch

My heart encouraged just to see

Bougainvillea

Belemia

Of the flowering things you're more than just verdant

Bougainvillea

Belemia

How your many colors brighten any land

Mister Nguyen our

honored owner brought

H 1 B visa in

She was from Ireland

A tissue culturist

Plant propagationist

Her specialty

Leafs were her penchant

I loved her accent

We dated openly

We'd say our vows and more

With friend and plants galore

Wedding reception in the store

Bougainvillea

Belemia

Of the flowering things you're more than just verdant

Bougainvillea

Belemia

How your many colors brighten any land

Mister Nguyen was

More than a friend like

A mentor made for me

Arrived an immigrant

And knew just what that meant

He worked in many jobs

Saved his money

He had fixed his sight

And with the time right

Became a citizen

He passed at ninety three

What I could not believe

He willed the store to wife and me

Bougainvillea

Belemia

Of the flowering things you're more than just verdant

Bougainvillea

Belemia

How your many colors brighten any land

Bougainvillea

Belemia

Of the flowering things you're more than just verdant

Bougainvillea

Belemia

How your many colors brighten any land