Black Roses

Whatever happened to my garden of black roses

Ooh, nurturing is a sore one

When I was a boy, I planted a garden

That means so much to me

One of reality, yeah

A garden of love known like this before

What a kind of quality

I pray for you and me, yeah

Whatever happened to my garden of black roses

Nurturing is a song

Hey, yeah

Whatever happened to my garden of black roses

They say a stranger treated him wrong

Oh, if we can keep the candles burning

To shelter them from pain

Let it laugh again

Showing the world with their innocence

Whose tears fell like rain

History remains the same

But one by one they come a-messin'

Stranger's talk, stranger's talk

I was sleepin'

Some life, some life been nothing to some people

Watch out now, we got them on the run

Whatever happened to my garden of black roses?

Nurturing years are so long

Whatever happened to my garden of black roses?

They say a stranger treated them wrong.

Tell me, whatever happened to my garden of black roses?

Will someone help me sing this song?

I haven't seen 'em for so long

So long, my black roses

What have you been?

Will someone say?

Mama, black roses

My precious black roses

Night and day, I hear the children crying

They say, "Whatever happened to my garden of black roses?"

"Nurturing you there so long"

"Whatever happened to my garden of black roses?"

They say, "A stranger treated them wrong"

Whatever happened to my garden of black roses?

Nurturing years are so long, yeah, yeah