Blue Roses Lyrics

Blue Roses lyrics

Happy girls like little squirrels 

Are shopping in the sun 

An' buying things to grease their wings 

They smile at everyone 



I used to dream of them each night 

In their golden dirty tans 

I used to think that one day 

I would love to be their man 



Ain't it funny how things change?

'Cause now my girl is the one who's a little strange 



She grows blue roses 

In her garden just for me 

She grows blue roses 

Waters them with misery 

And heaven only knows 

How my baby grows 

Blue roses, blue roses, blue roses



Those summer girls with strings of pearls 

Are dancing on the moon 

Taunting boys with wanting toys 

To pop their red balloons 



But not my girl, she's in her room 

Melting candle wax 

Unto my heart, she drips the dart 

That lets my mind relax 



And when she cries into my arms 

I love her more, my bad luck charm, yeah



She grows blue roses 

In her garden just for me 

She grows blue roses 

Waters them with misery 

And heaven only knows 

How my baby grows 

Blue roses, blue roses, blue roses



(undecipherable background vocals) 

She grows blue roses 

In her garden just for me 

She grows blue roses 

Waters them with misery 

And heaven only knows 

How my baby grows 



She grows blue roses 

In the garden of her pain 

She grows blue roses 

I've seen them booming in the rain 

And heaven only knows 

How my baby grows 

Blue roses, blue roses, blue roses



Blue roses, blue roses, blue roses

Blue roses, blue roses