The Red Red Rose

before our time drew to a close you touched my life with poetry You told me of a red red rose then you made those words so clear to me the beauty in a red red rose is hard to love, even harder to hold for its freshness fades and dies but the love that's held inside is not so easy to let go for in the heart, it is contained Now through my life, you've come and gone and sorrow was our legacy I try my best to carry on without the better part of me My lady, and my little girl the greatest joy that I have known but selfishness destroyed our world she's left to reap what we have sown the beauty in a red red rose is hard to love, even harder to hold for its freshness fades and dies but the love that's held inside is not so easy to let go for in the heart it is contained So I try my best to make it through the truth you told me long ago all that's left of me, is my love for you I no longer hold the rose the beauty in a red red rose is hard to love, even harder to hold for its freshness fades and dies but the love that's held inside is not so easy to let go for in the heart it must remain before our time drew to a close you touched my life with poetry