Roses Fade Lyrics - Luscious Jackson

With precious scents of summertime 

The lightening bugs said you were mind 

When I asked you to be kind 

I found I had to wait in line 

You told me tales of love gone wrong 

But who were they to sing along 

I know you only love her song 

I knew you only love her song 

I watched you roses fade away 

The wings came off your back today 

And I saw all the truth behind 

The pretty pictures in my mind 

Your Angels came a-floating down 

Your halo it fell to the ground 

The flies came swarming into town 

And started circling round and round 

There was a body lying there 

Whose it was I didn't care 

The coffin lay up on the stair 

The funeral it was common fare 

I watched your roses fade away 

The wings came off your back today 

And I saw all the truth behind 

The pretty pictures in my mind