DON'T STEP ON MOTHERS ROSES


WE ALL WERE CALLED TO COME BACK
TO THE OLD HOME ON THE FARM
MOTHER PASSED AWAY
WHAT A MOURNFUL DAY
AND AS MY DADDY WATCHED
HIS EYES WERE FILLED WITH PAIN AND HURT
WHEN SOMEONE STEPPED UPON A ROSE
AND CRUSHED IT IN THE DIRT

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DON'T STEP ON MOTHERS ROSES DADDY CRIED
SHE PLANTED THEM THE DAY SHE WAS MY BRIDE
AND EVERY TIME I SEE A ROSE I SEE HER SMILING FACE
SHE MADE MY DARKEST DAYS LOOK BRIGHT
'ROUND THE OLD HOMEPLACE
DON'T STEP ON MOTHERS ROSES LET 'EM GROW
THE WAY THEY DID SUCH MANY YEARS AGO
THEY'LL BLOOM FOR ME EACH YEAR
AND I'LL HAVE MOTHER NEAR
DON'T STEP ON MOTHERS ROSES LET 'EM GROW

MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED AND MY
HOW THE OLD HOMEPLACE HAS CHANGED
DADDY HAD TO GO WE ALL MISS HIM SO
CHILDREN PICK THE ROSES
AS THEY TRAVEL ON THEIR WAY
BUT WHEN THEIR PETALS ARE ABUSED
I HEAR MY DADDY SAY

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