Rose of Alabam

It's a good thing there's a canopy up over my bed So lightning from above can't see to strike me dead I crave it like a hummingbird then I mourn it like a dove 'Cause forbidden fruit tastes sweetest when it comes disguised as love The petals of my Daisy hit the floor one by one Her roots are bound in Georgia ground But something's blocking out her sun The stalk don't grow to heaven and the leaves left me behind I'm fallin' for a flower in a garden west of mine My Rose of Alabam My Rose of Alabam I should give that southern belle a ring but nature's took her toll I placed Rosie's thorn in my own side just to fill an empty hole I loved the land she stems from and the seed from which she grows So I gave up on my Daisy for the fragrance of a Rose The petals of my Daisy hit the floor one by one Her roots are bound in Georgia ground But something's blocking out her sun The stalk don't grow to heaven and the leaves left me behind I'm fallin' for a flower in a garden west of mine My Rose of Alabam My Rose of Alabam My Rose My Rose My Rose My Rose of Alabam