City of Roses

We were in Louisiana

I remember it well

Cause my uncle was gambling

In a Shreveport hotel

Later that evening

We were Fort Worth bound

I saw the pretty red flowers

As we passed through a town

Well we pulled on over

To get some fresh night air

And the sweet smell of roses

Lingered everywhere

There in the moonlight

On the brick lined street

Stood a pretty young woman

She gave a flower to me

There's a city of roses

Way back in the pines

I don't know if you know it

But it ain't hard to find

If you're coming from Dallas

You just a-keep rolling East

Till the city of roses

Is all that you see

Maybe you've seen it

Any place that you go

On a downtown corner

Somebody's selling a rose

Well I bet you a dollar

I know where it's from

A little town in East Texas

You'd better get you one

There's a city of roses

Way back in the pines

I don't know if you know it

But it ain't hard to find

If you're coming from Dallas

You just a-keep rolling East

Until the city of roses

Is all that you see