Last Rose Of Summer

Album: Sin After Sin (1977)
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  • Throughout the soft and timeless days of August
    'Til now the shadows begin to grow much longer
    The sunset's fire has deepened blood red
    I give you this, the last rose of summer

    A token of my unyielding love
    So when the winter's mantle stills the Earth
    And all around seems dead and cold
    This rose reminds you of a time
    When all was warm and living

    Do not despair, Mother Nature, simply rests
    In sleep she has well earned
    'Til one day not so very far from now
    With the opening of the first rose bud, I shall return

    A token of my unyielding love
    So that when winter's mettle steals the Earth
    And all around seems dead and cold
    This rose reminds you of a time
    When all was warm and living

    The last rose of summer
    The last rose of summer
    The last rose of summer
    The last rose of summer, yeah
    The last rose of summer, ohh-oh
    The last rose of summer
    (In your long shadows) the last rose of summer
    (In the sunset) the last rose of summer
    (Take this rose that I give you) the last rose of summer
    The last rose of summer
    (Don't worry about the winter) the last rose of summer
    (I shall return) the last rose of summer
    (Oh-yea-yeah) the last rose of summer
    The last rose of summer
    (Ooh-yeah, ooh-yeah, summer)
    The last rose of summer
    The last rose of summer
    The last rose of summer
    The last rose of summer
    The last rose of summer Writer/s: Glenn Raymond Tipton, Robert Halford
    Publisher: REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 2

  • I Am The Singer Of All. from The Treasure Valley, Snake River Plain.Memories.
  • Dan Gillespy from Courtenay BcA very good and super cool soft rocking ballad that Judas Priest recorded back in 1977 and a perfect song for a slow dance.
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