Eddie Mugavero: music
TIL YOU STOP AND SELL THE ROSES
(Written by Eddie Mugavero & Dawn Carter-Sung by Tim Boone)
A very early Nashville song, written around a twist of a cliche (I often did that early in my career) I haven't heard this one in a long time, and it made me kinda misty-not only for the message, but it reminded me of my first Nashville year.
STOP AND SELL THE ROSES
LOOK AT US WE'RE LAUGHING
ITS BEEN SUCH A LONG LONG TIME
ITS A SHAME ITS OVER SPLITTING UP
WHATS YOURS AND WHAT IS MINE
ISN'T IT AMAZING
THINGS HAVE COME THIS FAR
TO BE BOXED UP IN THE CORNER
AND SOLD OUT IN THE YARD
BUT AT LAST WE'VE COME TOGETHER TO TEAR IT ALL APART
THE END HAS COME SO EASILY I WISH IT WAS THE START
BUT WE BOTH KNOW ITS OVER
AND ITS COME TO THIS TO NOTICE..
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A 'GOODBYE' IS..
TIL YOU STOP AND SELL THE ROSES
LOOK AT US WE'RE LEAVING
NOTHING LEFT BEHIND
WE HAD SO MUCH TO GIVE
BUT NEVER TOOK THE TIME
LOOK AT US WE'RE CRYING
OVER ALL THAT COULD'VE BEEN
NOW ALL THAT WE CAN HOPE FOR
IS TO FIND THAT ROSE AGAIN..