Lyrics: A Good Year For the Roses (Jerry Chestnut Cov...

I can hardly stand the sight of lipstick
On the cigarettes there in the ash tray
Lying cold the way you left them
But at least your lips carressed them while you packed
Or the lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee
That you poured and didn't drink
But at least you thought you wanted it
and that's so much more than I can say for me.

It's been a good year for the roses
Many blooms still linger there
The lawn could stand another mowin'
Funny, I don't even care
But as you turned and walked away
As the door behind you closes
The only thing I thought to say
Is, "What a good year for the roses".

After three, four years of marriage
It's the first time that you haven't made the bed
I guess the reason we're not talking
There's so little left to say we haven't said
Oh, while a million thoughts go racin' through my mind
I guess I haven't said a word
And from the bedroom
The familiar sound of our one baby's crying goes unheard.

But what a good year for the roses
Many blooms still linger there
The lawn could stand another mowin'
Funny, I don't even care
But as you turned and walked away
As the door behind you closes
The only thing I thought to say
Is, "What a good year for the roses".