I'M SENDING BACK YOUR ROSES
(Jimmy Jacques)


Laura Lee - 1960



I'm sendin' back your roses
The roses that you sent me
Tied up with the love you said was true
Oh yes, I'm sendin' back your roses
Those cryin', dyin' roses
And I hope those red, red roses make you blue

Oh-oh-oh, don't think I'm being bitter
About our love affair
But my days lost all their glitter
When you lied and said you'd care

That's why I'm sendin' back your roses
The roses that you sent me
To make up for the time we were apart
But, darlin', not a field of roses
Much less a bunch of roses
Could be enough to mend a broken heart

No-no-no-now don't think I'm being bitter
About our love affair
But my days lost all their glitter
When you lied and said you'd care

That's why I'm sendin' back your roses
The roses that you sent me
To make up for the time we were apart
But, darlin', not a field of roses
Much less a bunch of roses
Could be enough to mend a broken heart



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2017)