Rose of Sharon (The Price of Love)

[Verse 1]
Rose, Rose of Sharon
You were the lily of the valley
Since the day that you were born
Oh, Rose, Rose of Sharon
No little girl should ever have to see
The things that you have known

[Chorus]
You know the price of love
You've paid the price of love

[Verse 2]
How can I explain?
When my worst nightmare couldn't compare
To what you lived through every day
And just like a rose
Growing up on a playground of blood and broken bones

[Chorus]
You know the price of love
You've paid the pricе of love

[Verse 3]
There camе a day
When they rescued you and now you were free to run away
And when you were the judge
And had every right to hate every one of them and make them pay

[Chorus]
You paid the price of love
Oh, you know the price of love

[Bridge]
And you said, "Father
Father, forgive them
Oh Father, forgive them
Oh, for they know not what they do"

How could you do it?
How do you do it, Rose?
Where do you find that kind of mercy, Rose?

[Verse 4]
Rose, Rose of Sharon
You've shown me things about myself
That no one else could have ever shown
Oh, Rose, Rose of Sharon
You make the world a better place
Because you paid the price