Gardener For Her Roses Lyrics - Nat Stuckey

I was sleeping on the rolled up copy of the early morning Maryland news 

I didn't have a dime for coffee or to call me up someone to talk me to 

And then I read a wanted ad that said I need the gardener right away 

So I rushed down the five or nine the little pink house was mighty fine 

I ran all the way 

I remember knocking twice and waiting for the moment till she came 

And then I saw a rose in her the kind of rose that you can throw in summer rain 

She smiled that little smile she has and asked me if I could start right away 

And that was ten short years ago 

Neither of us could have known that I'd come to stay 

Now I'm the gardener for her roses I love and care for her tender roses 

Now I'm the gardener for her roses that bloom today out where our children play 

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I can still remember when a park bench was the only home I had 

And it's much better being here she can call me dear and children call me dad 

She smiles that little smile because I just repair the scream door that was bad 

And all around I see white roses looking back at me oh how I could be sad 

Yes I'm the gardener for her roses I fix the scream door now it closes 

And opens quite like right red roses that bloom today out where our children play