Story Behind The Song

I read about this in the newspaper. I put the twist at the end. In the article the family never figured it out

Song Description

A family goes to a fathers gravesite on the anniversary of his death and find a rose. The family tries to figure out who left it

Lyrics

A Single Rose
(this song can work for either gender by switching brother to sister)

The first of May is a special day
It means a lot to me
It?s when my daddy passed away
When I was just 13

And on every anniversary
We?d go lay our flowers down
But this time my mama started cryin?
Because of what she found

Someone laid a single rose
At my daddy?s resting place
He must have touched somebody?s life
Somewhere along the way

If life goes on after we are gone
We will know the truth someday
And find the one who laid that rose
At his final resting place

My mama tried to figure out
What she couldn?t understand
Who would leave a sign after all this time?
She didn?t know I had a plan

So I had to wait another year
Till that day came around
And early on that morning
I slipped out without a sound

Br.
I was there before the sun came up
So no one else would see
And standing there with a single rose
Was a man who looked like me

I said my God, who are you
He said brother can?t you see
When we were born dad was much too poor
To raise both you and me

Mom didn?t want to split us up
But you do just what you can
And before my second mother died
She told me who I am

And then he laid a single rose
At our fathers resting place
Now I know he touched someone
And I just found out today

If life goes on after we are gone
We will know the truth someday
And all it took was a single rose
At our fathers resting place

All it took was a single rose
At my fathers resting place


Lyric c 2005 Reno Holler/Dick Holler/David Holler