Blue Roses — Jimmy Nail

Words and music by paddy mcaloon

Blue roses will blossom in the snow

Before I ever let you go

Blue roses will grow up to the sky

Before I ever make you cry

Blue roses...

You need more reassurance

Than a frightened orphan child

That Im always gonna want you

That Ill always be beguiled

So I search for words to tell you

That my love for you is blind

But this fragment of a childrens song

Is all that I can find

Blue roses will blossom in the snow

Before I ever let you go

Blue roses will grow up to the sky

Before I ever make you cry

Blue roses...

This nursery rhyme is corny,

It is stranded out of time

Yet its simple and its honest

The same and since when was that a crime ?

And perhaps whoever wrote it

Loved someone like I love you

For in matters of the heart Ive learned

Theres little that is new

Blue roses will blossom in the snow

Before I ever let you go

Blue roses will grow up to the sky

Before I ever make you cry

Blue roses...