Rose In Paradise
SHE WAS A FLO WER
FOR THE TA KING
HER BEAU TY CUT
JUST LIKE A KNIFE
HE WAS A BAN KER
FROM MA CON
SWORE TO LOVE HER
ALL HIS LIFE
HE BOUGHT HER
A MAN SION
ON A MOUN TAIN
WITH A FOR MAL GAR DEN
AND A LOT TA LAND
BUT PA RA DISE
BE CAME HER PRI SON
THAT GEOR GIA BAN KER
WAS A JEA LOUS MAN
EVE RY TIME
HE'D TALK A BOUT HER
YOU COULD SEE
THE FIRE IN HIS EYES
HE'D SAY
I WOULD WALK
THROUGH HELL
ON SUN DAY
TO KEEP MY
ROSE IN PA RA DISE
HE HIRED A MAN
TO TEND THE GAR DEN
TO KEEP AN EYE ON HER
WHILE HE WAS GONE
SOME SAY THEY
RAN AWAY TO GET HER
SOME SAY THAT
GAR DENER LEFT A LONE
NOW THE BAN KER
IS AN OLD MAN
THAT MAN SION'S
CRU MB LIN' DOWN
HE SITS ALL DAY AND
STARES AT THE GAR DEN
NOT A TRACE OF HER
WAS E VER FOUND
EVE RY TIME
HE TALKS A BOUT HER
YOU CAN SEE
THE FIRE IN HIS EYES
HE SAYS
I WOULD WALK
THROUGH HELL
ON SUN DAY
TO KEEP MY
ROSE IN PA RA DISE
NOW THERE'S A ROSE
OUT IN THE GAR DEN
ITS BEAU TY CUTS
JUST LIKE A KNIFE
THEY SAY
IT E VEN GROWS
IN THE WIN TER TIME
AND BLOOMS IN
THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT
