"Old Garden Rose," A LOVE SONG

VERSE:                        

Dressed in your overalls,

You have a shovel in your jeans.

Gloves up to your elbows,

You have simple dreams,

Of sunshine and flowers.

You get lost for hours.

 

CHORUS:                                

You’re an old garden rose,

Who’s tried and true.

You’re an old garden rose,

Whose never blue.

You’ve stood through the rain.

You’re more beautiful every day.

You’re an old garden rose.

 

VERSE:                        

When everyone else withers,

In the thunder and the storm.

You’re in bloom by the river.

You’re always in rare form.

Your sunhat’s a crown.

Life is good all-around.

 

CHORUS:                                

You’re an old garden rose,

Who’s tried and true.

You’re an old garden rose,

Whose never blue.

You’ve stood through the rain.

You’re more beautiful every day.

You’re an old garden rose.

 

BRIDGE:                                  

Certain things get better with time.

One of them is your smile.

 

CHORUS:                                

You’re an old garden rose,

Who’s tried and true.

You’re an old garden rose,

Whose never blue.

You’ve stood through the rain.

You’re more beautiful every day.

You’re an old garden rose.

 

VAMP:                                     

You’re an old garden rose,

Young as the sunrise.

You’re an old garden rose,

With childlike eyes.

You’re an old, old, old, old garden rose.

Copyright 2024 Jennifer Waters

Dedicated to my mother, Darlene Waters, who likes to garden.