Wine Colored Roses
By: George Jones
Submitted by: George Richardson
Verse 1.
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Today I got a long letter. From one who still cares for me.
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She asked lot's of questions, like would I call her sometime.
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And was I gettin back on my feet. She asked if I had sotped
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drinkin. Like I promised her son long ago. The words wouldn't
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come when I called and she answered. Oh, but I found a way to
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say no.
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CHOURS: I sent her some wine colored roses. The color of
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grapes on the vine. When she see's the wine colored roses.
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They'll tell her I'm still on the wine.
Verse 2
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The roses will say I still love her. And the color will cause her
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to cry. One dozen reasons to tell her I'm sorry, and 12 pretty
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flowers don't lie. (To Chours:)