NEON ROSE
(Rory Bourke / Gayle Barnhill)


Mel Tillis - 1972
Ferlin Husky - 1972
David Rogers - 1973
Bobby G. Rice - 1974





She's a rose where roses never grow
Behind the swinging doors she pours the wine that flows
She keeps on pretending that she's having fun
But it's a blue, blue rose that grows beneath the neon sun

She's my sunshine lady, maybe just a little bit shady
Someday I'll take her where real roses grow
But until then she'll be my precious precious neon rose

The world is full of roses that bloom in the spring
But to me there's just one rose that means anything
I guess it's no secret what everybody knows
Just how much I love my precious, precious neon rose

She's a rose where roses never grow
Behind the swinging doors she pours the wine that flows
She keeps on pretending that she's having fun
But it's a blue, blue rose that grows beneath the neon sun

She's my sunshine lady, maybe just a little bit shady
Someday I'll take her where real flowers grow
But until then she'll be my precious, precious neon rose

But until then she'll be my precious, precious neon rose






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2013)