George Jones - Paying for the Days of Wine and Roses lyrics

rate me

Once I lived the life of wine and roses

I drank a lot back then for one concern

Success for me lay just around the corner

I thought my social friends would help me make the turn.

But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses

A victim of the drunken life I chose

Now all my social friends look down their noses

For I kept the wine and threw away the rose.

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I stood by and watched the bottle take control of me

The turn I made was not the one I planned

And I watched my social standing slip away from from me

As I slowly watched the bottle take command.

And now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses

A victim of the drunken life I chose

Now all my social friend look down their noses

For I kept the wine and threw away the rose.