George Jones – A Good Year For The Roses (Guitar)

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I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick

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on the cigarettes there in the ashtray

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at least your lips caressed them while you packed

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And a lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee

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that you poured and didn't drink

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but at least you thought you wanted it

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that's so much more than I can say for me

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But what a good year for the roses

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many blooms still linger there

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the lawn could stand another mowin'

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it's funny, I don't even care

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and when you turned and walked away

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and as the door behind you closes

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the only thing I know to say

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it's been a good year for the roses

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After three full years of marriage

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it's the first time that you haven't made the bed

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there's so little left to say, we haven't said

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while a million thoughts go runnin' through my mind

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I find I haven't spoke a word

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and from the bedroom those familiar sounds

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of our one baby's cryin' goes unheard

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But what a good year for the roses

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many blooms still linger there

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the lawn could stand another mowin'

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it's funny, I don't even care

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and when you turned and walked away

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and as the door behind you closes

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the only thing I know to say

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it's been a good year for the roses