"When The Rose Garden Died" genre: Adult Contemporary
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	This is a meaningful song about life and death and about those we love who we so often take for granted...
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	Story Behind the Song This song means a lot to me. I wrote this song as my grandfather begin to die of a broken heart.. My Grand mother is the rose garden I refer to. She loved to grow roses and was so proud of her garden. She died, and from that day my grand father began to go down hill fast. He was a proud man who worked for everything he ever had. He was a big man about 6'2" 250lbs and solid as a rock. But he could not with stand the loss of his wife of 50 years.. The intro of the song is referring to my mother (Life has washed out all of the innocence I use to see in you) who kept an optimistic front, but in her eyes you could see the break down... The song is sad but the life they led was a good one. So this song is not meant to ride on grief, it is to remember how wonderful it was to have them as grand parents... My childhood is filled with memories of them, and all of them are good... With all my Love.. to Memee and Papaw... Love Joe Lyrics Life has washed out all of the innocence I use to see in you In some solitary stand she hopes he can prove us all to be the fools But quietly she slips away To go up and cry in her room Cause when the rose garden died I think even she knew It would be the end of him They had bloomed for so many years and gave us all the love that they had to give It's all any one of us can do To try to live our lives the way they did And when the rose garden died I think even she knew it would be the end of him When the rose garden died Patience may be a virtue But hard work Is what he believed in He spent his whole life tending dirt And there's not a place on this earth you'll find a better man It's all any one of us can do to try to live our lives the way he did And when the rose garden I think even he knew that would be the end The end of him When the rose Garden died

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