Good Year For The Roses
Elvis Costello
1981
jaar
Top 40
14
piekpositie
Top 40
7
weken
Top 40
141
punten
Top 40
Artiest
Titel A-kant
Good Year For The Roses
Lengte A-kant
03:05
Componist(en) A-kant
Jerry Chesnut
Producer(s) A-kant
Billy Sherrill
Titel B-kant
Your Angel Steps Out Of Heaven
Lengte B-kant
01:55
Componist(en) B-kant
Jack Ripley
Producer(s) B-kant
Billy Sherrill
Platenlabel
WEA
Album
Almost Blue
Songtekst
I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick
On the cigarettes there in the ashtray
Lyin' cold the way you left 'em,
But at least your lips caressed them
While you packed
Or the lip-print on a half-filled cup of coffee
That you poured and didn't drink
But at least you thought you wanted it,
That's so much more than I can say for me
What a good year for the roses
Many blooms still linger there
The lawn could stand another mowin'
Funny I don't even care
As you turn to walk away
As the door behind you closes
The only thing I have to say
It's been a good year for the roses
After three full years of marriage,
It's the first time that you haven't made the bed
I guess the reason we're not talkin',
Tere's so little left to say we haven't said
While a million thoughts go racin' through my mind
I find I haven't said a word
From the bedroom the familiar sound
Of a baby's cryin' goes unheard
What a good year for the roses
Many blooms still linger there
The lawn could stand another mowin'
Funny I don't even care
As you turn to walk away
As the door behind you closes
The only thing I have to say
It's been a good year for the roses
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