Stoplight Roses Lyrics - The Old Magic - Nick Lowe

You've practiced and rehearsed 

But in your heart you know 

It's too late. 

Experience should tell you 

Never get your story too straight. 

You'd better steel yourself 

And prepare for 

Some blues to descend 

'Cause you've broken something this time 

Stoplight roses can't mend. 

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You've dusted off your shame face 

In the mirror behind the bathroom door. 

That little-boy-lost look 

That used to work so well 

Doesn't anymore. 

If you believe your same-old used-to-be 

Will see you through 

You'll last about as long as stoplight roses do. 

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Stoplight roses 

In their sad array. 

Love's promise in cellophane lace 

Or dead giveaway? 

You'll need time to devise 

A stylish plan 

And you'll do it driving over to 

The stoplight roses man. 

And if you believe your same-old used-to-be 

Will see you through 

You'll last about as long as stoplight roses do.