[Verse 1: Dolly Parton]
The hills were alive with wildflowers, and I
Was as wild, even wilder than they
For at least I could run
They just died in the sun
And I refused to just wither in place
[Verse 2: Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt; Dolly Parton]
Just a wild mountain rose
Needing freedom to grow
So I ran, fearing not where I'd go
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow
[Verse 3: Emmylou Harris]
And the flowers I knew
In the fields where I grew
Were content to be lost in the crowd
They were growing too close
I had no room for growth
I wanted so much to get out
[Verse 4: Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt; Emmylou Harris]
I uprooted myself from home ground and left
Took my dreams, and I took to the road
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow
[Verse 5: Linda Ronstadt]
I grew up fast and wild
And I never felt right
In a garden so different from me
I just never belonged
I just longed to be gone
So the garden one day set me free
[Verse 6: Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt; Linda Ronstadt]
Hitched a ride with the wind
And since he was my friend
I just let him decide where we'd go
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow
[Verse 7: Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt; Dolly Parton]
Just a wild rambling rose
Seeking mysteries untold
No regret for the path that I chose
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow
[Outro: Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt]
Wildflowers don't care where they grow
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