Coming Up Roses

(album: Coming Up Roses - 2022)

You slipped in the front door
Of my favorite East End spot
You cued up the jukebox
Spun an old tune 'cause you know what you want
You were warm like an April wind
It all changed when you walked in
And my life ain't been the same since

Everything was coming up roses
And then it was over
But I'll always remember
When I got to hold ya
'Cause it was short, it was sweet
Looking back on the memories
I shoulda known it
Everything was coming up roses

I loved tracing your tattoo
With my fingers above the sheets on your bed
Faded thorns on a long stem
But the petals were still bright red
Long nights and no sleep
You'll never know what you meant to me

When it was coming up roses
And then it was over
But I'll always remember
When I got to hold ya
'Cause it was short, it was sweet
Looking back on the memories
I shoulda known it
Everything was coming up roses

Everything ended
The night that you left
But I'll always remember
The way that it felt

When it was coming up roses
And then it was over
But I'll always remember
When I got to hold ya
'Cause it was short, it was sweet
Looking back on the memories
I shoulda known it
Everything was

Coming up, coming up (Hmm, yeah)
Coming up roses
Coming up, coming up (Na-na-na-na, yeah)
Coming up roses
She loves me, she loves me not
One last goodbye in a parking lot
I shoulda known it
That everything was

Coming up, coming up
Coming up roses
Coming up, coming up