California Rose Lyrics - Singles - Cantrell Laura

Your mama wasnt one to mess around with 

Had a fleet of cars and all those flashy clothes 

Taught you the discipline of doing what she told 

Kept her fist around the money tightly closed 

She had all you kids to think of 

One more precious than the rest 

Big brothers running wild, you learned to kick your heels in style 

Did you have it worst or have it best 

When you grew like a California Rose 

The color of your clothes 

Blooming even as the earth cracked and dried 

You sang easy and so sweet 

Dust under your feet 

Opened your heart as natural as can be 

Mama never suffered any in-laws 

Ran them all away eventually 

Had a plan to keep you near and a soldier boy who took her deal 

Down to city hall a teenage bride to be 

Next came along the baby carriage 

Blessed event came unforeseen 

No child in mamas eyes, circumstance easy to hide 

Where did you put your loyalty 

When you cry like a California Rose? 

Scarlet Crimson Robes 

Fading even as you reached to the sky 

You sang heavy and so sweet 

Your heart it barely beat 

From the hurting it would carry from now on 

No one would ever say 

Youd hesitate to take the blame 

I'm still wondering today 

Where is your name in that hall of fame? 

When you grew like a California Rose 

The color of your clothes 

Blooming even as the earth cracked and dried 

You sang easy and so sweet 

Dust under your feet 

Opened your heart just as natural as can be