[00:00.00]I Threw Away the Rose - Merle Haggard
[00:18.47]Once I lived a life of wine and roses and
[00:26.33]I drank a lot back then for one concern
[00:34.68]Success for me lay just around the corner
[00:42.84]I thought my social friends would help me make me turn
[00:50.87]But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
[01:00.46]A victim of the drunken life I chose
[01:08.96]Now all my social friends look down their noses
[01:16.76]Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
[01:42.13]I stood by and watched the bottle take control of me
[01:51.25]The turn I made was not the one I'd planned
[01:59.46]And I watched my social standings slip away from me
[02:07.81]While I watched the bottle slowly take command
[02:15.88]Now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
[02:25.37]A victim of the drunken life I chose
[02:33.52]Now all my social friends look down their noses
[02:41.31]Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
[02:49.85]Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose