I Threw Away the Rose (Folsom Rehearsal) Songtext
von Johnny Cash

We′re gonna do, "I Threw Away the Rose"

I, I started all

Once I lived a life of wine
Once I lived a life of wine and roses
And 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


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

I watched the bottle slowly take control of me
The turn I made was not the one I'd planned
I watched my social standings slip away from me
As 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