THERE'S A SINGLEWIDE
TRAILER
PAST THE RAILROAD
TRACKS
OLD CAR IN THE FRONT
WEEDS IN THE BACK
MAMA HAD HER THERE
WHEN SHE WAS SIXTEEN
YEARS OLD
TOOK ONE LOOK AT HER
AND NAMED HER ROSE
FRAGILE LITTLE ROSE
HAD TO GROW UP FAST
BETWEEN THE HABIT
AND THE JOB THAT HER
MAMA HAD
I'VE NEVER SEEN
A SITUATION
HALF THAT BAD
SHE'S A BLOSSOM
IN THE DUST
ALL HER COLORS
COVERED UP
GIVE A ROSE
A LITTLE RAIN
LOTS OF SUN
AND ALL YOUR LOVE
AND WATCH HER
BLOSSOM
IN THE DUST
WE RESCUED THAT CHILD
IN THE NICK OF TIME
FOUND A REAL
NICE COUPLE
'CROSS THE COUNTY LINE
WHO'D BEEN TRYIN'
TO HAVE A LITLE GIRL
OF THEIR OWN
AND WOULD GIVE
ANYTHING
TO GIVE 'A LITTLE
ROSE A HOME
NOW MAMA TO BE
TOOK ONE LOOK AT HER
IN HER TATTERED
FLOWER DRESS
AND HER
TANGLED CURLS
SHE SAID THAT'S
NOT JUST ANY GIRL
SHE'S A BLOSSOM
IN THE DUST
ALL HER COLORS
COVERED UP
GIVE A ROSE
A LITTLE RAIN
LOTS OF SUN
AND ALL YOUR LOVE
AND WATCH HER BLOSSOM
IN THE DUST
OH SOMETIMES
THE ONLY WAY
TO OVERCOME
A CIRCUMSTANCE
IS SOMEONE GIVING
SOMEONE ELSE
A FIGHTIN' CHANCE
SHE'S A BLOSSOM
IN THE DUST
ALL HER COLORS
COVERED UP
GIVE A ROSE
A LITTLE RAIN
LOTS OF SUN
AND ALL YOUR LOVE
SHE'S A BLOSSOM
IN THE DUST
ALL HER COLORS
COVERED UP
SO WATCH HER
BLOSSOM
IN THE DUST