Good Year For The Roses

Slow Ballad

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I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick
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On the cigarettes there, in the ash tray
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Lyin’cold the way you left ’em
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But at least your lips caressed them
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While you packed ~~~~~~
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Or the lip print on a half filled
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Cup of coffee that you
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Poured and didn’t drink ~~~~~
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But at least you thought you wanted it
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That’s so much more than I can say for me ~~~

Chorus

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What a good year for the ro – ses
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Man-y blooms still linger there
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The lawn could stand a-noth-er mow ~~ in’
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Funny, I don’t even care ~~~~~
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As you turn to walk a-way ~~~~
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As the door behind you clo ~~~~~~ ses
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The only thing I have to say
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It’s been a good year for the ro ~~~~~~~ ses

Verse 2

After three full years of marriage
It’s the first time that you havn’t made the bed
I guess the reason we’re not talkin’
There’s so little left to say we haven’t said
While a million thoughts go racing through my mind
I find I haven’t said a word
From the bedroom the familiar sound
Of a baby’s cryin’ goes unheard

Chorus and fade