I Threw Away The Rose Lyrics

Once I lived the life of wine and roses
And I drank a lot back then for one concern
Success for me lay just around the corner
I thought my social friends would help me make the turn

But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
A victim of the drunken life I chose
Now all my social friends look down their noses
'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose

I stood by and watched the bottle take control of me
The turn I made was not the one I'd planned
And I watched my social standings slip away from me
While I watched the bottle slowly take command

And now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
A victim of the drunken life I chose
Now all my social friends look down their noses
'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose

Merle Haggard - 40 Greatest Hits

May 2004

1. My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers
2. I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
3. The Bottle Let Me Down
4. Branded Man
5. I Threw Away The Rose
6. Sing Me Back Home
7. Mama Tried
8. The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
9. Hungry Eyes
10. I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
11. Okie From Muskogee
12. Workin' Man Blues
13. The Fightin' Side Of Me
14. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
15. Someday We'll Look Back
16. Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
17. The Farmer's Daughter
18. Carolyn
19. If It's Wrong To Love You
20. It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
21. Turnin' Off A Memory
22. Everybody's Had The Blues
23. If We Make It Through December
24. The Emptiest Arms In The World
25. Holding Things Together
26. Kentucky Gambler
27. Old Man From The Mountain
28. Things Aren't Funny Anymore
29. It Makes No Difference Now
30. Always Wanting You
31. It's All In The Movies
32. Cherokee Maiden
33. Shackles And Chains
34. The Roots Of My Raising
35. From Graceland To The Promised Land
36. I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall
37. It's Been A Great Afternoon
38. Misery And Gin
39. The Way I Am
40. I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink