I Threw Away The Rose Lyrics

Once I lived a life of wine and roses and I drank a lot back then for one concern Success for me lay just around the corner I thought my social friends would help me make me turn But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses a victim of the drunken life I chose Now all my social friends look down their noses Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose [ steel ]I stood by and watched the bottle take control of me [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/i-threw-away-the-rose-lyrics-charley-pride.html ] The turn I made was not the one I'd planned And I watched my social standings slip away from me While I watched the bottle slowly take command But now I'm paying for...