Maureen McGovern - Don't Try to Close a Rose lyrics

They say that everything you do

Turns out all wrong

And that you're bound to lose

But you love me too much

To take me along

Don't ever try to close a rose

After it's bloomed to the tune

Of a spring-time day

It won't work anyway

'Cause once it knows the sun, it grows

And keeps on growin'

Knowin' it must say goodbye

To the field and the sky

So, don't you worry about me

You could never make me unhappy

'Cause we've both been touched

By the spring-time sun

We've already won

As long as you want me,

I'll be right there

Even with a life full of hard times,

We've got a love

That we can share

Don't ever try to close a rose

After it's bloomed to the tune

Of a spring-time day

It won't work anyway

'Cause once it knows the sun, it grows

And keeps on growin'

Knowin' it must say goodbye

To the field and the sky

Don't ever try to close a rose

After it's bloomed to the tune

Of a spring-time day

It won't work anyway

(repeat and fade out)