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She gave it away on good faith when she was 15 years old. 
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He was 16 and did not appreciate the delicacy of a rose. 
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A long string of lovers helped blur the line between true love and lust.      
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A teenage girl who?s been sold short, who?s she got left to trust? 
 

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The cycle of sin she found herself in once the word got out 
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It broke her heart to realize what they were all about. 
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After she gave all she had they didn?t treat her so well. 
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Each time she went their way, another petal fell. 
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Sometimes life leads you down a road that you don?t choose. 
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You try so hard to win but you still loose. 
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Bottle it all up inside where nothing ever grows. 
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She built a ten foot wall around what?s left of a rose.  
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I have always been there when she?s cried a million tears. 
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But I know why she can?t see that I?ve loved her for years.   
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In the fertile soil of my hands I know real love could bloom. 
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I would give up everything to bathe in her perfume. 
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Sometimes life leads you down a road that you don?t choose. 
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You try so hard to win but you still loose. 
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Bottle it all up inside where nothing ever grows. 
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She built a ten foot wall around what?s left of a rose.  

BRIDGE  
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She?s been loved a time or two  
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but I don?t think she could tell. 
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She?s always been called easy, 
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But friend she?s hard as hell. 
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Sometimes life leads you down a road that you don?t choose. 
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You try so hard to win but you loose. 
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Bottle it all up inside where nothing ever grows. 
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She built a ten foot wall around what?s left of a rose. 
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She built a ten foot wall around what?s left of a rose.