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 the 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 ][ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/i-threw-away-the-rose-lyrics-conway-twitty.html ] I stood by and watched the bottle take a man of me The turn I made was not the one I'd planned And I watched my social friends slip away from me While I watched the bottle slowly take command But now I'm paying for... Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose