It Must Have Been The Roses Lyrics - Reckoning (live) - Grateful Dead

Annie laid her head down in the roses 

She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons 

in her long brown hair 

I don't know, it must have been the roses 

All I know is I could not leave her there 

I don't know, it must have been the roses 

The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair 

I don't know maybe it was the roses 

All I know was I could not leave her there 

Ten years the waves rolled the 

ships home from the sea 

Thinking well how it may blow 

in all good company 

if I tell another what 

your own lips told to me 

may I lay neath the roses 

and my eyes no longer see 

I don't know, it must have been the roses 

The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair 

I don't know maybe it was the roses 

All I know was I could not leave her there 

One pane of glass in the window 

No one is complaining though, 

come in and shut the door 

Faded is the crimson from the 

ribbons that she wore 

and it's strange how no one 

comes round anymore 

I don't know, it must have been the roses 

The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair 

I don't know maybe it was the roses 

All I know was I could not leave her there 

Annie laid her head down in the roses 

She had ribbons, ribbons, ribbons 

in her long brown hair 

I don't know, it must have been the roses 

All I know was I could not leave her there 

I don't know, it must have been the roses 

The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair 

I don't know maybe it was the roses 

All I know was I could not leave her there