I Threw Away The Rose Lyric by Charley Pride

I Threw Away The Rose Lyric

by Charley Pride

Lyric:



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

But Now I'm Paying For...