Conway Twitty - 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. 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 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... Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose