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Roses Like Those I Gave You

from Shame on the Sun by Pascal Dennis

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(A1): Roses like those I gave you a lifetime ago
You were a queen and I your crude Romeo.
Though season’s late, by garden gate they bloom.
Though ground is bare, they still share their perfume.

(A2): Roses like those I gave ‘neath a scarlet (sturgeon) moon
When each day was Sunday, and every month was June
In this quiet glade in London, I have strayed
A dubious bloke, a comic castaway

(B1): Where are you, my lover? Have your dreams come true?
Were they worth the price, or did they turn to ice on you?
Though reverie’s uncertain, mercy’s like the rain
Washing out the ache of yesterday

(A3): Roses like those I gave you once in a dream
When Time was kind, and love was blind and green
Though season’s late, by garden gate they climb
And all of the city clock towers whirr and chime.

(A4): Roses like those I gave when the season was new
Night was a river, and moon a smiling balloon
In this quiet glade in London, I have strayed,
A dubious chap, a comic castaway

(B1 reprise): Where are you, my lover? Have your dreams come true?

(A): Roses like those I gave you a lifetime ago
When you were a queen and I was your crude Romeo...

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from Shame on the Sun, released April 18, 2023

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