Papa's Roses Lyrics - Pat Benatar

I picked a rose this morning 

and it was so fresh it looked like it was crying 

I thought how sad to be so beautiful 

only to wither and die 

Like papa's roses, soft and pale 

like petals thrown in the dirt 

Only silence is spoken here 

All that grows here is hurt 

and papa's roses 

Papa wasn't really a hardened man 

he could be tender at times 

I remember it was like a holiday 

when he was gentle and kind 

He gave those flowers his heart and soul 

I wish he'd saved some for me 

It would have been such a simple thing 

for me to be 

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Like papa's roses, soft and pale 

like petals thrown in the dirt 

Only silence is spoken here 

All that grows here is hurt 

ooh ooh ooh... 

Voices that whisper soft and low 

forever buried inside 

Haunted by images dark and cold 

forever burned in your mind 

But I dreamed I could fly away 

like an angel I'd fly 

to a place where I could forget 

forget that I was like 

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Like papa's roses, soft and pale 

like petals thrown in the dirt 

Only silence is spoken here 

All that grows here is hurt 

and papa's roses 

Like papa's roses, soft and pale 

like petals thrown in the dirt 

Only silence is spoken here 

All that grows here is hurt 

and papa's roses 

mmmm... papa's roses... 

papa's roses