I tore all the pictures from all of their frames

And all of your T-shirts I gave them away

I gave up those friends we both hung around

And I gave up that bar on the east side of town

I quit driving by to see if you're home

And I took your dead number right out of my phone

I came to my senses and I gave up drinking alone

But I kept the roses right by my bed

And they sure make me lonely but I'm smiling instead

'Cause you weren't the one babe but you were the closest

I let the rest of us go but I kept the roses

I guess they remind me of how love can feel

Sometimes it don't work doesn't mean it ain't real

We had something different we had something great

Oh but some things they just wilt away

So I kept the roses right by my bed

And they sure make me lonely but I'm smiling instead

'Cause you weren't the one babe but you were the closest

I let the rest of us go but I kept the roses

La-la-la-la

Ooh-ooh

La-la-la-la

Ooh-ooh

La-la-la-la la-la-la la-la-la

Oh I kept the roses right by my bed

And they sure make me lonely but I'm smiling instead

Oh 'cause you weren't the one babe but you were the closest

I let the rest of us go but I kept the roses

I let the rest of us go but I kept the roses