Once I lived a life of wine and roses and
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I drank a lot back then for one concern
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Success for me lay just around the corner
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I thought my social friends would help me make the turn
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But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
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A victim of the drunken life I chose
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Now all my social friends look down their noses
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Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
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I stood by and watched the bottle take control of me
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The turn I made was not the one I'd planned
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And I watched my social standings slip away from me
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While I watched the bottle slowly take command
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Now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
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A victim of the drunken life I chose
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Now all my social friends look down their noses
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Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
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I Threw Away the Rose
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| Merle Haggard |
