Black Rose

Stimpson-Young

Rose was having a problem

She held the answer in her hand

But on this auspicious occasion

She didn't really understand

I went to meet her at the station

Her famous hat was pulled down low

A crowd of people stood there laughing at her

Rose was a shadow of before

Keep taking those back roads

That's all I ever heard her say

Don't take no for an answer

Yet she slowly slid away

Keep taking those back roads

That's all I ever heard her say

Don't take no for an answer

Oh that's all she would say

Back roads, black rose, blues again

Now Rose was getting down forever

She never really ever stood a chance

I watched her life that's spilling out before her

Just like wine, just like wine

Spilling over the side

And every time I reach a crossroads

In my life and I don't know which way to go

A voice is stirring deep inside of me

It is the voice of old black Rose

She said

Keep taking those back roads

That's all I ever heard her say

Don't take no for an answer

Yet she slowly slipped away, yeah

Keep taking those back roads

That's all I ever heard her say

Don't take no for an answer

Hey, black rose slipped away

Back roads, black rose, you got the blues again

Back roads, black rose

Black rose, black rose