Good Year For The Roses - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

作词：Jerry Chesnut

作曲：Jerry Chesnut

I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick

on the cigarettes

there in the ashtray

Lyin cold the way you left em

but at least your lips caressed them

while You packed

Or the lip-print on a half-filled cup of

coffee

that you poured and didn't drink

But at least you thought you wanted it

that's so much more than I can say

For me

What a good year for the roses

Many blooms still linger there

The lawn could stand another mowin

Funny I don't even care

As you turn to walk away

As the door behind you closes

The only thing I have to say

Its been a good year for the roses

After three full years of marriage

it's the first time that you haven't

Made the bed

I guess the reason were not talkin

there's so little left to say we

Haven't said

While a million thoughts go racin

through my mind

I find I haven't said a word

from the bedroom the familiar sound

of a babys cryin goes unheard

What a good year for the roses

Many blooms still linger there

The lawn could stand another mowin

Funny I don't even care

As you turn to walk away

As the door behind you closes

The only thing I have to say

Its been a good year for the roses