Hank Snow I Threw Away The Rose Lyrics

I Threw Away The Rose Lyrics

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 the 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 I 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

And now I'm paying for...

Cause I kept the wine and I threw away the rose