Shirley Caesar — Faded Rose

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Faded Rose
 
        
[Intro] 

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[Part 1]
                     
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You know, all too soon seemly our children grow up 
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overnight. They get married; some of them go to college. 
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They move away from home to New York and Chicago and 
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other places. But the saddest thing about it is that they 
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forget that they have a darling mother back home. So it is 
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I’m thinking about a young man who left and moved away          
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to Germany, and while he was there, he was critically 
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wounded so much so that the doctor said, “that he would 
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never walk again”. He had braces on his legs and another 
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sad thing happen to that young man, He lost his mother. And 
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the family tried to get in touch with him but to no avail. And 
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finally we see that young man standing with braces on his 
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legs before a fresh grave, with on faded rose in his hand. As 
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he began to drop the petals from the rose on that grave, he 
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began to talk to his mother. These are some of the words he 
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was saying to his mother: 
        

[Verse 1]

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Petals from this faded roses momma, is all I have to give,
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But momma I tried to give you flowers, every now and then.
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  Oh yes I did.


[Chorus]

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If I had a million dollars, I’d line your grave with gold, but 
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That wouldn’t wake you from your sleep, as eternal ages 
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grow. 


[Verse 2]

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So petals from this faded rose, is all I have to give. But 
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momma I tried to make you happy, while you lived. (While
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you lived)


[Part 2]

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You know while that young man stood there, dropping the 
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petals on the fresh grave, two of his sisters drove up in a big 
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fine car, they got out and they put their arm about his 
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shoulder. One of his sisters said “Brother don’t cry, said you 
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know we did all we could to get in touch with you. But one 
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thing I did, I knew that you would be pleased with, I took 
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my diamond ring and placed it, on momma’s finger and the 
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other sister said,” Brother, so do you remember that fur coat 
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that I had, I draped it about momma’s shoulders, but the 
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young man standing there crying, couldn’t think about 
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diamonds and furs. All he could think of was the best thing 
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he had was gone, and with the few more petals left on the 
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rose, he continue to drop them on the grave and he said to 
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his mother:


[Verse 3]

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Diamond rings and silver things momma, I never had, I
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never had to give, but momma I tried to give you a flower 
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every now and then. (Now and then) Yes I did.


[Chorus]

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If I had a million dollars, I’d line your grave with gold, but
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That wouldn’t wake you from your sleep, as eternal ages 
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grow. 


[Ending Verse]

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So petals from this faded roses is all I have to give, but 
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momma I tried to make you happy, while you lived. 
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(Back Ground singers repeat (While you live.))



		
    

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