Roses

[Verse 1] Make it plastic, make it pay Use it up and throw away Make another just the same, more or less Burn our time, down to size Send it up into the skies Hide the evidence with lies, what a mess! [Pre-Chorus] But we've just come from a meeting And we're sure you'd like to know There'll be deep blue skies and clear blue waters Everywhere you go [Chorus] And everything is coming up (roses) Or so they tell you They're coming up, smelling of (roses) Or so they say Oh, everything's coming up (roses) Or so they tell you They're coming up, smelling of (roses) Or so they say [Verse 2] In the name of energy We give our problems to the sea But they'll be back for you and me In our haste, we forget Leaving our mistakes behind Out of sight is out of mind Our disposable mankind What a waste! [Pre-Chorus] But we've talked to the experts And they know a thing or two They say it's all hunky dory There's nothing for you to do [Chorus] And everything is coming up (roses) Or so they tell you They're coming up, smelling of (roses) Or so they say Yes, everything is coming up (roses) Or so they tell you Coming up, smelling of (roses) Or so they say [Bridge] But it's an awful price we pay Leaving everything they say Here tomorrow, gone today-ay-ay So take me home to the red, red skies and the Brown, brown grass and the black, black seas And the broken glass and the dead, dead trees But everything's coming up roses Or that's what they tell you 'Cause everything's coming up- [Guitar solo] [Chorus] (Roses) Or so they tell you Coming up, smelling of (roses) Or so they say And everything's coming up (roses) Or so they tell you Coming up, smelling of (roses) Or so they say