I Threw Away The Rose Lyrics

by Merle Haggard

album: 24 Greatest Hits (1995),
  Classics (1996),
  Vol. 1-Twenty Hits Special Col (1995),
  Best Of The Early Years (1991)

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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

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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