Delicacy Of A Rose

She gave it away on good faith

When she was 15 years old

And he was 16 and did not appreciate

The delicacy of a rose

A long string of lovers helped blur the line

Between true love and lust

A teenage girl who's been sold short

Who's she got left to trust?

The cycle of sin she found herself in

Once the word got out

It broke her heart to realize

What they were all about

An after she gave all she had

They didn't treat her so well

Each time she went their way

Another petal fell

Sometimes, life leads you

Down a road that you don't choose

You try so hard to win but you still lose

Bottle it all up inside

Where nothing ever grows

She built a ten foot wall around

What's left of a rose

I have always been there

When she's cried a million tears

But I know why she can't see

That I've loved her for years

In the fertile soil of my hands

I know real love can bloom

I would give up everything

To bathe in her perfume

Sometimes, life leads you

Down a road that you don't choose

You try so hard to win but you still lose

Bottle it all up inside

Where nothing ever grows

She built a ten foot wall around

What's left of a rose

She's been loved a time or two

But I don't think she could tell

She's always been called easy

But friend she's hard as hell

Sometimes, life leads you

Down a road that you don't choose

You try so hard to win but you lose

Bottle it all up inside

Where nothing ever grows

She built a ten foot wall around

What's left of a rose

She built a ten foot wall around

What's left of a rose