roses

Lyrics

she never had too much of money, friendly strangers were all she knew, nobody ever came to call but you, i would not say she isn't happy, though the eyes of a fool will make her blue, nobody's ever seen the tears it's true, i guess nobody wanted to, we'll have a celebration, ice cream and candy cakes, she's very young to go so far away, and then there'll be the papers, in black and white to say we're through, nobody every loved me quite like you, i guess nobody wanted to, and there'll be roses, in the springtime still i guess there will, i wish her roses and song, and she'll be older, as years go by, and how they fly, will she be lonely without me along?, she doesn't make friends easily, she's only known a few, the incidental stranger passing through, on sundays and holidays, i'll take her far away, we never tried to save the love we knew, i guess nobody wanted to