Jimmy Nail - Blue Roses lyrics

Words and music by Paddy McAloon

blue roses will blossom in the snow

before I ever let you go

blue roses will grow up to the sky

before I ever make you cry

blue roses...

you need more reassurance

than a frightened orphan child

that I'm always gonna want you

that I'll always be beguiled

so I search for words to tell you

that my love for you is blind

but this fragment of a children's song

is all that I can find

blue roses will blossom in the snow

before I ever let you go

blue roses will grow up to the sky

before I ever make you cry

blue roses...

this nursery rhyme is corny,

it is stranded out of time

yet it's simple and it's honest

the same and since when was that a crime ?

and perhaps whoever wrote it

loved someone like I love you

for in matters of the heart I've learned

there's little that is new

blue roses will blossom In the snow

before I ever let you go

blue roses will grow up to the sky

before I ever make you cry

blue roses...