The Thorn Upon The Rose / Mary Black

Its taste was sweet like summer wine
The heart that beats in double time
So he waltzed right in and bowled you over
And you're still reeling from 
the feeling when he's gone
The door is closed the lock is turned
And all the memories 
and letters have been burned

So when you pick the handsome flower
Don't forget the thron upon the rose
It's cut is deep and the scar lasts forever
It follows love whereever love goes

Just how we fall it's hard to know
When what we feel we seldom show
So we show the parts we feel are best
We squirm around the edges 
trying to cover up the rest
And you think you know him 
and he thinks the same
When underneath it all it's 
just a crazy guessing game

Win or lose it's just the same
Tears of joy tears of pain
They're hand in hand they come as one
You'll never see the moon without 
the promise of the sun
For all the bruises for all the blows
I'd rather feel the thorn than 
to never see the rose

Mary Black
1955년 아일랜드 출신의 포크가수로 어려서부터 선술집에서 노래를 부르게 되면서 가수의 길로 들어서게 되었습니다.
1989년 frontier의 성공으로 2백만장의 판매고를 올리면서 가까운 영국은 물론 미국에서 그리고 일본까지 알려지게 됩니다.
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