Red Rose Lyrics - Trouble Bound - The Blasters

Your father sat with the night's first drink 

Your mother washed the dishes in the sink 

You stood on the steps, wearing your best 

One red rose on a new black dress 

When we walked under the powerlines 

I dreamed about it a thousand times 

You weren't like the rest 

One red rose on a new black dress 

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One red rose on a new black dress 

Crushing it between our chests 

Tonight I'll wonder where you'll be 

One dead rose is all I see 

We hid in the weeds and we hid in the grass 

Listening to the cars on the highway pass 

Then you put me to the test 

One red rose on a new black dress 

[Chorus] 

Then you said we could never come back 

And walked awax through the housing tract 

Leaving me with what's left 

One red rose from a new black dress 

[Chorus]