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Waylon Payne – The Roses Lyrics

Read the lyrics to “The Roses” by Waylon Payne.

Waylon Payne The Roses cover art
Artist Waylon Payne
Song release July 17, 2026
Genre Country
Duration 5:28

The Roses Lyrics

Roll me down one more cigarette
And I will watch it burn
All the way down to my fingers
Pour it slow
Two fingers of bourbon over ice
Ain’t no need for water
I never got over you
You had me and you let me go

If I thought that I could
I’d fall back with you in the roses
I’ve been lookin’ for that place it seems for years
And if I thought that I could
I’d fall back with you in the roses
But roses have thorns
Roses have thorns

Tell me was it real
Or just an illusion
I remember you lovin’ me
Tell me do you remember me too
You took control
Over my soul and my body
And you still hold the key
Oh, my baby, oh what you do to me

If I thought that I could
I’d fall back with you in the roses
I’ve been lookin’ for that place it seems for years
Oh, if I thought that I could
I’d fall back with you in the roses
But roses have thorns
Roses have thorns

There are nights when I think of you
L.A. and Baton Rouge with my head on your shoulder
While you’d sing me to sleep
I could drink a case of you

If I thought that I could
I’d fall back with you in the roses
I’ve been lookin’ for that place it seems for years
Oh, if I thought that I could
I’d fall back with you in the roses
But roses have thorns
Roses have thorns
Roses have thorns
Roses have thorns