We were standing on the porch
I thought my life would end
Until you said "I'm coming back
When the roses bloom again."
Then, you picked up a single rose
And kissed its tip so red
You handed it to me to keep
Then, you softly said
When you see roses bloom again
My darling please believe
I'm coming back to you again
And I will never leave
I believed the words you said
Until someone told me
That you were wed, and you had said
Those words to more than me
I cried at first then planned my life
Not my heart but my head
Should rule my life from this day forth
And I soon was wed
I tried to forget your face
Forget the words you said
But my heart remembered them
When those roses turned red
I went back home to see my folks
After the blooms were dead
They told me you had come for me
When the roses turned to red
I turned away
and started home
My home I could not leave
And I had no one to blame
For the lies I did believe.
