In The Spring The Roses Always Turn Red Song Lyrics and Chords
In The Spring The Roses Always Turn Red Song Lyrics and Chords by Dorsey Burnette
In The Spring The Roses Always Turn Red
Written and recorded by Dorsey Burnette
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In the spring the roses
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always turn red
But
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not if you don't have some place to lay your weary
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head
Now my woman she don't
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cry
anymore
She got
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use to dusty highways ragged clothes and living
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poor
I met her she was seventeen in the
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springtime of her years
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Side by side we laughed and cried but the good times disa
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ppeared
And all she had left was some
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wore out hand me downs
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album full of photographs and the good time party
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gals
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I meant to fill up her cup with a
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new kind of life
Cause
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the pain inside her heart really cut me like a
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knife
We went running across the country with
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grit in our eyes
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Sometimes she wished to God that she could lay right down and
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die
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Now every Sunday I take roses where
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she was laid to rest
It's a
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lonely world without her it gets hard to do your
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best
But there's a road that leads to heaven where
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there's no more pain to bear
I'm
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gonna do my best to make it cause I know that she'll be
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there
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FAQ
Who sang the the song In The Spring The Roses Always Turn Red?
- The song In The Spring The Roses Always Turn Red was sang by Dorsey Burnette.
Who is Dorsey Burnette?
- Dorsey Burnette (December 28, 1932 - August 19, 1979) was an American early rockabilly singer. With his younger brother Johnny Burnette and a friend named Paul Burlison, he was a founder member of The Rock and Roll Trio. He is also the father of country musician and Fleetwood Mac member Billy Burnette.
