Songs of days gone by
by Alice McKiel

Here are a few songs Grandma used to sing while she knitted me a scarf or mittens
           

PAPER ROSES I realize the way your eyes deceive me, With tender looks that I mistook for love, So take away the flowers that you gave me And send the kind that you remind me of- Chorus: Paper roses, paper roses Oh, how real those flowers seemed to me, But they're only imitations Like your imitation love for me. I thought you would be a perfect lover- You seemed so full of sweetness at the start, But like a big red rose made of paper, There isn't any sweetness in your heart.