Charley Pride - I Threw Away The Rose lyrics
[Charley Pride - I Threw Away The Rose lyrics]
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