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(Merle Haggard)

Once I lived a life of wine and roses
And I drank a lot back then for one concern
Success for me lay just around the corner
I thought my social friends would help me make me turn.

But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses 
A victim of the drunken life I chose
Now all my social friends look down their noses
'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose.

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I stood by and watched the bottle take control of me
The turn I made was not the one I'd planned
And I watched my social standings slip away from me
While I watched the bottle slowly take command.

Now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses 
A victim of the drunken life I chose
Now all my social friends look down their noses
Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose...

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