Pickled petunias.
Pickled flowers.
I don't know why.

Pickled petunias.
Pickled flowers.
They can't make me cry. 

For you see, the pickling 
process preserves lots of things 
lovely and sublime. 

Pickled petunias,
Pickled tulips,
and lots of pickled flowers fine. 

They last so much longer 
cold preserved.
I'm not talking about 
boiling these things.

They last oh, much longer 
when they're preserved,
and there are cold 
pickling processes. 
No boiling for these flowers, yes. 

How would you like your flower
preserved through space and time?
It will be all thine all forever,
always looking so fine. 

We can preserve that corsage 
long for you, oh yes. 
And that wedding flowers will 
last like all the rest. 

And when your day comes to go 
deep in the ground 
you can be covered with 
these flowers you've found. 

All those fine pickled flowers 
can go with you to rest. 
Accompanying you on your 
journey like the best. 

For some flowers are edible 
and these are fine, I guess. 
For we don't know 
how they taste to the dead. 

But, roses are quite edible 
as are many other flowers, yes. 
So, instead of drying all those bouquets 
let's pickle the best.