Janis Ian Roses Lyrics

She never had too much of money
Friendly strangers were all she knew
Nobody ever came to call but you

I would not say she isn't happy
though the eyes of a fool will make her blue
Nobody's ever seen the tears it's true
I guess nobody wanted to

We'll have a celebration
Ice cream and candy cakes
She's very young to go so far away

And then there'll be the papers
Black and white to say we're through
Nobody every loved me quite like you I guess nobody wanted to

And there'll be roses in the springtime
still I guess there will
I wish her roses and song
And she'll be older
as years go by, and how they fly
Will she be lonely without me along?

She doesn't make friends easily
She's only known a few
The incidental stranger passing through

On Sundays and holidays
I'll take her far away
We never tried to save the love we knew
I guess nobody wanted to