Roses And Thorns Lyrics - Jeannie C. Riley

There are the roses and there are the thorns 

There's a time for happiness and there's a time to mourn 

There's a time to love then when love is faded and worn 

Oh oh instead of the roses there are the thorns 

Once there was spring and the flowers were gentle and sweet 

I inhaled the goodness of love and my life was complete 

I reached for a rose and its petals were crushed by my touch 

Oh oh I love too hard and the thorns are now hurtin' too much 

Winter comes on with no mercy for those unpreapared 

Coldness creaps in on a heart that a dead love needs bared 

Loving too much leaves a wreckage like that of a storm 

Yes it does instead of the roses now I am holding the thorns 

Roses and thorns so close together they grow 

Fladness and sadness emotiones that everyone knows 

When there is one the other can't be far behind oh no 

I've held the rose and the stem with the thorns is now mine