Dead Roses

They met at a nightclub in a county town In a year they were married and thinking of settling down They bought a house and made it their own With two cats, they called it their home And every Friday night he bought his wife red roses After five years together they raised a family Although money was tight, they managed happily But when his day-job took him away She felt cheated, people would say "That the life they had was hardly a bed of roses" Life's a roll-a-coaster, its one heck of a ride But is the grass any greener over on the other side? They spoke on a long-distance phone And for weeks she coped on her own And every Friday night she bought herself red roses After twenty-five years the kids had all left home After twenty-five years they had time of their own But when they took his day-job away She decided that she couldn't stay She took-off with his friend and left him tending the roses Life's a roll-a-coaster, its one heck of a ride But is the grass any greener over on the other side Now he sits quietly on his own With memories stored on his phone After thirty years together, all she left were dead roses When she walked out him, all she left were dead roses After thirty years together, all she left were dead roses