I Threw Away The Rose lyrics

Charley Pride I Threw Away The Rose lyrics was added to the site 25 Jan, 2007 and since that time has 3 hits and voted 0 times. Other popular Charley Pride lyrics are: All I Have To Offer You Is Me, Kaw - Liga and (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone.

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
But now I'm paying for...
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