Trampled Rose

Long way going to



Get my medicine



Sky's the autumn grey of a lonely wren



Piano from a window played



Gone tomorrow, gone yesterday



I found it in the street



At first I did not see



Lying at my feet



A trampled rose



Passing the hat in church



It never stops going around



You never pay just once



To get the job done



What I done to me,



I done to you



What happened to the trampled rose?



In the muddy street



With the fireworks and leaves



A blind man with a cup I asked



Would he sing 'Kisses Sweeter Than Wine'



I know that rose,



Like I know my name



The one I gave my love,



It was the same



Now I find it in the street,



A trampled rose