A I can hardly bare the sight of lipstick
DA on the cigar- -ettes there in the ashtray
lyin? cold the way you left them
DA at least your lips caress- -ed them while you packed
D And a lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee
A that you poured and didn?t drink
E but at least you thought you wanted it
A that?s so much more than I can say for me
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D But what a good year for the roses
EA many blooms still linger there
D the lawn could stand another mowin?
EA it?s funny, I don?t even care
D and when you turned and walked away
EDA and as the door behind you closes
D the only thing I know to say
EDA it?s been a good year for the roses
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A After three full years of marriage
DA it?s the first time that you haven?t made the bed
I guess the reason we?re not talkin?
DA there?s so little left to say, we haven?t said
D while a million thoughts go runnin? through my mind
A I find I haven?t spoke a word
E and from the bedroom those familiar sounds
A of our one baby?s cryin? goes un- -heard
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D But what a good year for the roses
EA many blooms still linger there
D the lawn could stand another mowin?
EA it?s funny, I don?t even care
D and when you turned and walked away
EDA and as the door behind you closes
D the only thing I know to say
EDA