From the recording Brewgrass
Lyrics
SHE WAS A ROSE ONCE
She was a rose once, now she’s an old one
She was an angel back in her prime
But the world did her all wrong and those days are long gone
in a stale puff of smoke and three dollar wine
He was a soldier but he couldn’t stay sober
He was a Lost Boy, with no Peter Pan
drowning his memories in bottles of whiskey
trying to forget all the blood on his hands
He said time is a thief that sneaks in the back door
when you’re in the garden just a pulling up weeds
He’ll with leave nothing but the bread in the oven
And burn the whole house down like a pile of dry leaves
he sauntered over tapped on her shoulder
said I’m just trying to make it one more damn day
but I’m looking for true love, you think that’d be you, love?
can I buy you a drink, honey, what do you say?
She said time is a thief that sneaks in the back door
when you’re in the garden just a pulling up weeds
He’ll with leave nothing but the bread in the oven
And burn the whole house down like a pile of dry leaves
She was a rose once, now she’s an old one
She was an angel back in her prime