(Jimbeau Hinson/David Murphy)
Red roses just won't work now
Here we go us again

You've been gone and here you stand
With a dozen I'm sorry's in your hand


Victim of your podent charms
I took you back with open arms
But along with the roses came the thorns


And that's why red roses just won't work now
Cause you've done too much

To talk things out
You could tell me you love me
But that's the one thing I'll always doubt

Red roses just won't work now

Gone for good's the trust I had

You let me done the garden path
Just too many times to take you back
So faith is why don't you

Save the roses for you know who
I already know how long they'll last


And that's why red roses just won't work now
Cause you've done too much
To talk things out

You could tell me you love me
But that's the one thing I'll always doubt
Red roses just won't work now