Long stem rose Lyrics - Graham Parker

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My long stem rose won't sit on the mantelpiece 

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she's not disposed to being one of a dozen she's 

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a living thing that's bound to get tired	

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she won't be content just being admired funny thats the way it goes	

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when you're like a long stem rose



my long stem rose were you cut down in your prime

my love still grows for the flower I call mine

are you doomed to die after the spring time	

have I just become a thorn in your side	

funny that's the way it goes when you love a long stem rose	



strings over verse



My long stem rose I know you won't last too long	

You'll shed your clothes your petals fall then you're gone	

in another garden growing so sweetly in an endless summer 

forgetting about mewonder where you are who knows 

in another bed I suppose, lying like a long stem rose



my long stem rose .....