Bloomin’ Rose

[Verse 1]
I was born unto this earth
Green grasses softened my birth
Blue heavens shelter me deep
Beneath an evergreen sky

I withdrew from the light of the sun
Four walls became my home
I could feel my body grow weak
With every passing year

[Chorus]
She was a rose, a bloomin' rose
Come and go in shadow
She was a rose, a blooming rose

[Verse 2]
At first there was only a trace
But the building quickened it’s pace
Will you sign this paper my friend
And pour the whiskey round

As the big wheel barrels on through
And the towers rise up all around
'Til there's nothing left we can do
But watch her spiraling down

[Chorus]
She was a rose, a bloomin’ rose
Come and go in shadow
Farewell my rose, my blooming rose

[Instrumental interlude]

[Bridge - Non-lyrical]

[Verse 3]
Take your palace of gold my friend
It'll be no use in the end
Pray the soil will hold me close
And fold my body back in

[Chorus]
She was a rose, a bloomin' rose
Come and go in shadow
Farewell my rose, my blooming rose
Farewell my rose, my blooming rose