The English Roses (Live - The Santa Monica Civic, CA, 1981)-Pretenders

[00:00.000]Just before it rains [00:23.270]The wind whips 'round the balcony [00:28.039]And the sky closes [00:32.499]On the English roses [00:36.545]And she'll be pacin' [00:40.478]'Round and 'round and 'round and 'round her room [00:45.983]These storms always find here to remind her [00:54.477]To the endless sky [01:05.979]The pink over gray [01:11.467]She looks for an answer [01:14.590]But it's too late [01:18.395]Maybe it's true [01:23.574]Some things were just never meant to be [01:28.551]Maybe not [01:32.150]This is a story [01:39.502]Fruit cut from the vine [01:43.028]Forgot and left to rot [01:48.669]Long before it's time [01:52.949]This is a story [01:56.563]About the girl who lived next door [02:00.660]Looking for someone to hold [02:07.562]A wish made on a star [02:28.570]Brought her here tonight [02:32.459]At a courtyard she waits [02:37.352]A thousand broken dates [02:41.106]But she holds the hymnal [02:45.606]Where so carefully pressed [02:51.689]Is the English rose [02:55.118]She laid to rest [02:58.002]It's only a story [03:05.719]Flowers in full bloom [03:11.069]Bouquets in every room [03:15.187]This is a story [03:18.710]Fruit cut from the vine [03:22.821]Looking for someone to hold