I Gave You A Red Rose

Verse 1

Morning light across your pillow

I memorized the way you breathe

Wrote your name in every window

While the garden was still asleep

Pre-Chorus

And I held the stem so careful

Thorns beneath my thumb

One red bloom for all we started

For every day to come

Chorus

I gave you a red rose

But you gave me the whole garden

I gave you a red rose

Honey you gave me the sun

Verse 2

Saturday the phonograph was spinning

We danced across the kitchen tile

Your laughter was the song beginning

I kept the record spinning all the while

Pre-Chorus

And the petals fell like confetti

On the table by the door

One red bloom for every promise

And I promised you some more

Chorus

I gave you a red rose

But you gave me the whole garden

I gave you a red rose

Honey you gave me the sun

Bridge

Years will turn the petals over

Seasons rolling through my hands

But that red rose keeps on growing

Rooted where we stand

Guitar Solo

Chorus

I gave you a red rose

But you gave me the whole garden

I gave you a red rose

Honey you gave me the sun

Outro

Honey you gave me the sun

You gave me the sun