LAST ROSE OF SUMMER
(Jerry Chesnut)


Billie Jo Spears - 1977


Today I walked through the garden
We planted with such pains
And I stopped beside the red, red rose
We set out in the rain

Now the weeds have nearly choked
The life from everything I see
Except one last rose of summer
Hangin' on like you and me

Like the last rose of summer
Our love is all but over
It's not strong enough
And it's wrong of us giving up so easily

If we just sit down together
One more time and talk it over
We might understand it better
Ah, the last rose of summer

Like the last rose of summer
Our love is all but over
It's not strong enough
And it's wrong of us giving up so easily

If we just lay down together
One more time and talk it over
We might understand it better
Ah, the last rose of summer



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2020)