Merle Haggard & The Strangers - Branded Man

I Threw Away the Rose

Once I lived the life of wine and roses
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 the 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

And 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

'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose



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Writer(s): Merle Haggard
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  2. Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive
  3. Don't Get Married
  4. Somewhere Between
  5. You Don't Have Very Far to Go
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  8. My Hands Are Tied
  9. Some of Us Never Learn
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