Testo Faded Rose - Shirley Caesar
Testo della canzone Faded Rose (Shirley Caesar), tratta dall'album First Lady
You know all too soon
Seemingly, our children grow up overnight
They get married, some of them go to college
They move away from home to New York and Chicago
And other places
But the saddest thing about it is that
They forget that they have a darling mother back home
So that I'm thinking about a young man
Who left and moved away to Germany
And while he was there, he was critically wounded
So much so that the doctor said that he would never walk again
He had braces on his legs
And another sad thing happened to that young man
He lost his mother
And the family tried to get in touch with him, but to no avail
And finally, we see that young man
Standing with braces on his legs before a fresh grave
With one faded rose in his hand
And as he began to drop the petals from the rose on that grave
He began to talk to his mother
These are some of the words that he was saying to his mother
"Petals from this faded rose, mama (petals from this faded rose)
Is all I have to give (is all I have)
But mama, I tried (I tried) to give you flowers
Every now and then (now and then)
Yes, I did
If I had a million dollars
I'd light your grave with gold
But that would wake you from your sleep
As eternal ages roll, oh-oh-oh
So petals from this faded rose (petals from this faded rose)
Is all I have to give (is all I have)
But mama, I tried (I tried) to make you happy (ooh, yeah)
While you live (while you live)"
You know, while that young man stood there
Dropping the petals on that fresh grave
Two of his sisters drove up in a big fine car
They got out, and they put their arms about his shoulder
One of the sisters said, "Brother, don't cry"
Said, "You know we did all we could to get in touch with you
But one thing I did, I knew that you would be pleased with
I took my diamond ring and I placed it on Mama's finger"
And the other sister said
"Brother, so do you remember that fur coat that I had?
I draped it about Mama's shoulder"
But the young man standing there crying
Couldn't think about diamonds and furs
All he could think of was that the best friend he had was gone
And with a few more petals left on that rose
He continued to drop them on the grave
And he said to his mother
"Diamond rings and silver things, mama (diamond rings and silver things)
I never (I never had), I never had to give
But mama, I tried to give you flowers (I tried)
Every now and then (now and then)
Yes, I did
If I had a million dollars
I'd light your grave with gold
But that would wake you from your sleep
As eternal ages roll
So petals from this faded rose (petals from this faded rose)
Is all I have to give (is all I have)
But mama, I tried (I tried) to make you happy (ooh, yeah)
While you live (while you live), ooh"
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Writer(s): Ina Jane Hill
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