Song Description
An urban bluegrass song, written by a Kentucky native who moved to Manhattan. The song touches poetically on sin & redemption, drunkenness & sobriety, death & life, prayer & faith, & more....
| Song Length |
4:48 |
Genre |
Country - Bluegrass, Folk - Bluegrass |
Lyrics
?ROSES ARE GREY,? by Brandi Hart © 2003, Betty Troublesome Music (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.
Roses are grey, violets are black
Kissed with the dust from a dirty smoke stack
Fluttering ash, a drunkard?s delight
Peppers the moths on a colorless night
There?s a hollow-eyed clown
in the gutter downtown?
Singin? o-hep-ti-di
Yololo-hep-ti-di
Yololo-hep-ti-di-idi-odelay
Dark as a coal mine filthy as sin
Can?t find a prayer or a fumbled amen
Poor as a beggar, holes in my shoes
Nothin? to live for & nothin? to lose
Let the night come unwound to the echoing sound
Yololo-hep-ti-di
Yololo-hep-ti-di
Yololo-hep-ti-di-idi-odelay
Redemption comes, the taxi man twiddles his thumbs
Forgiveness is sweet in the bitter, cold light of the street
Redemption comes, the taxi man twiddles his thumbs
Forgiveness is sweet in the bitter, cold light of the street
Rollin? in cinders, covered with rust
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Let the night come unwound to the echoing sound
Singin? o-hep-ti-di?