From A Dying Rose

[Chorus]

A petal falls from a dying rose

Into the wind it blows through fate

While down below the ground there grows

Another rose that can hardly wait

Well, well, well, well

Well, well, well, well

Well, well, well, well

Mmhmm

[Verse 1]

You know, my uncle finally died of a heart attack

Bursting with pride, he was way overweight

There was hardly anybody at the funeral

Besides the ones who thought they might divide the estate

Well, well, well, the preacher couldn't tell us everything that he did

But he said every kind thing that he could

Mostly focusing on long ago when he was just a kid

And his intentions had all been so good

[Chorus]

Well, well, well, a petal falls from a dying rose

Into the wind it blows through fate

While down below the ground there grows

Another rose that can hardly wait

Well, well, well, well

Well, well, well, well

Well, well, well, well

[Verse 2]

My mother said when he was younger he was skinnier

And kinder and funnier and humble as a white picket fence

As he got older he got fatter, left his wife for something younger

Started showing up here drunker, makin' less and less sense

Less and less sense, aw

[Chorus]

A petal falls from a dying rose

Into the wind it blows through fate

While down below the ground there always grows

Another rose that can hardly wait

[Verse 3]

My uncle Sam finally died of a heart attack

He's bursting with pride, way overweight

So through the eye of a needle on the camel's back

The American Dream hits the Pearly Gate

Well, well, well, well

Well, well, well, well

Well, well, well, well

Well, well, well, well

Yeah, getting used to it