This just can’t be my life
That I’m leading these days
It’s a show I’m watching
From a long way away

A black and white picture
One I can barely see
Like another late show
On a worn out TV

Chorus:
Everything was all right
Everything was just fine
Our future was so bright
Oh how she used to shine
They say once you hit bottom
There’s only one way to go
But every time I turn around
Everything keeps turning up Roses

From here in the shadows
I watch her play a new part
I’ve heard those lines before
I know them all by heart

When the show is over
And the curtain goes down
The hero gets the girl
And the loser leaves town

Chorus:
Everything was all right
Everything was just fine
Our future was so bright
Oh how she used to shine
They say once you hit bottom
There’s only one way to go
But every time I turn around
Everything keeps turning up Roses

Bridge:
I’m gonna find me a new town
With more gardens to till
But there’s one thing I know
I’ll never find another flower
Half as sweet as my Rose

Chorus:
Everything was all right
Everything was just fine
Our future was so bright
Oh how she used to shine
They say once you hit bottom
There’s only one way to go
But every time I turn around
Everything keeps turning up Roses

© Kent Newsome and Ronnie Jeffrey