When I was a little girl, my mama said to me "What's your favorite flower, darling? I'll get you the seed" I said, "Dandelion! Dandelion! That one's so pretty!" She said, "Child, that one's not a flower, that one's just a weed" Oh, what a shame Now it don't look the same Guess it don't look the same Oh, what a shame Call me what you want (dandelion, dandelion) You can't stop me multiplyin' Pull me from the dirt (dandelion, dandelion) No, you don't want me in your garden Dandelion, dandelion Dandelion, dandelion Dandelion, dandelion I still loved those mellow yellow petals anyway What's that thing they say about a rose by any other name? Then my fragile flower turned into a ball of grey So I took a breath and made a wish and blew them all away Oh, what a shame Now it don't look the same Guess it don't look the same Oh, what a shame Call me what you want (dandelion, dandelion) You can't stop me multiplyin' Pull me from the dirt (dandelion, dandelion) No, you don't want me in your garden Dandelion, dandelion Call me what you want (dandelion, dandelion) You can't stop me multiplyin' (dandelion, dandelion) Pull me from the dirt (dandelion, dandelion) No, you don't want me in your garden Dandelion, dandelion (Dandelion, dandelion) So I took a breath, and made a wish And blew them all away