Lyrics and Music by Sean Kelly

Purple rose that wilts away
leaving me behind
because my love was there to stay
it’s up to you to find

Purple rose please grow with me
along the picket fence
give it time and you will see
how all my love makes sense

Time hath told us both to end
by giving us today
my sturdy branches had to bend
the ground is where they’ll lay

Love was purple and purple was gone
now we’ve just got roots
to hold what once could hold itself
like Grandpa’s fishing boots

Come back in the shape and form
of what we used to be
surviving every winter storm
someday I’ll be a tree

Purple rose that wilts away
leaving me behind
because my love was there to stay
it’s up to you to find

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