Still A Rose Lyrics

Cryin' hard she ran to me

With great big tears

Rolling down her cheeks

Asking why the kids at school

Were treating her so mean

She said they all tease me

'Bout the clothes I'm in

They say we're poor

And I ain't gonna fit in but if they'd

Give me half a chance, Daddy

Well I could be a good friend

Ha ha… ya know what I said

Not every rose is red

Not every violet blue

They're just from

A different side of the tracks

Than me and you

Ya see when

People really wanna

Be your friend baby

They ain't gonna worry

'Bout the clothes you're in

Ya see a rose in any vase

Is still a rose

Yeah you're still a rose

Twelve years passed

In such a whirl

And in her eyes I saw

A troubled girl

She told me that she'd let a man

Into her world

She cried daddy I don't know

What to do hell

I ain't sure you're

Even gonna approve

Now tell me Daddy

Does color even matter to you

I hadda say it again

Not every rose is red

Not every violet blue

He's just from a different

Side of the tracks

Than me and you

So baby go ahead

And love your friend

Cuz I ain't gonna worry

'Bout the skin he's in

Ya see a rose of any shade

Is still a rose

Yeah he's still a rose

Ah yeah

She said it's been years since

Mama died

And all you've done is

Stayed inside

Ya know I think it's time

You moved on with your life

I told her I ain't got a

Single thing to say

Hell my face is all wrinkled

And my hair's gone gray

But to tell the truth babe

I think I'm just a little afraid

And guess what she said

Not every rose is red

Not every violet blue

Now they're just

On the other side of them

Tracks from me and you

I bet somebody over there

Wants to be your friend

And daddy they ain't gonna worry

'Bout the shape you're in

A rose of any age

Is still a rose

You're still a rose

Yeah you're always

Gonna be a rose