A Seed Before the Rose

We were both so young and impatient at the time

We thought we were in love so we closed our minds

When they told us

Love is like a rose it doesn’t just appear

Give it time to grow or it ends with tears

There’s gotta be a se-  ed before the rose

Tender loving care makes it sweeter as it grows

There’s gotta be l-o  ve   before the tie is bound

Or the rose will end    with petals on the ground

But we paid no mind to the things that we had been told

And we pledged our love with a band of gold

On our fingers

Now when I look back all that I can see

Is heartache and regret and it’s clear to me

There’s gotta be a se-  ed before the rose

Tender loving care makes it sweeter as it grows

There’s gotta be l-o  ve   before the tie is bound

Or the rose will end    with petals on the ground