A Rose Is Still a Rose

Listen, dear

I realise that you've been hurt, deeply

Because I've been there

But regardless to who, what, why, when and where

We're all precious in his sight

And a rose is still, and always will be, a rose

There was a rose I knew, I done met her once or twice before

She was a pretty sweet thing, not the least bit insecure

Then you came with your slick game and played with her youth

Unashamed of the way you lied and played with the truth, hey, hey

She never knew what hit her, oh, what hit her

Steal her honey, then forget her

Now, the rose is scorned

She wears a thorn, tryin' to forget about you (Wears a thorn)

'Cause a rose is still a rose

Baby girl, you're still a flower

He can't leave you and then take you

Make you and then break you

Darlin', you hold the power (What I am is what I am)

Now, believe me when I tell you that I've been hurt myself

When he tells you that he loves you, it's you, nobody else

And now, you're so tough, tryin' to wear tight clothes and things

Tossin' and flossin', tryin' to fill the void heartbreak brings, oh, oh, yeah

When she gets nearer, yeah

She's cryin', you can't hear her

Now, the rose is scorned

She wears a thorn, tryin' to forget about you (She wears a thorn)

'Cause a rose is still a rose

Baby girl, you're still a flower

He can't leave you and then take you

Make you and then break you

Baby girl, you hold the power (What I am is what I am)

See, a rose is still a rose

Baby girl, you're still a flower

He can't leave you and then take you

Make you and then break you

Darlin', you hold the power (What I am is what I am)

Let your life be in the sunshine

Not the darkness of your sorrow

You may see you're lost today

But new love will come tomorrow

Don't believe that life is over

Just because your man is gone

Girl, love yourself enough to know

That without him, your life goes on

Without him, your life goes on

And without him, your life goes on

'Cause a rose is still a rose

Baby girl, you're still a flower

He can't leave you and then take you

Make you and then break you

Baby girl, you hold the power (What I am)

See, a rose is still a rose

Baby girl, you're still a flower

He can't leave you and then take you

Make you and then break you