Julia Blum - Smelling Roses lyrics

It is lonely smelling roses, When your friend sees only thorns And it hurts to see her mocking, As her future daughter mourns - -Mourning for the endless beauty She was not brought up to see As she's raised within the ghetto Of the pampered and the free. And it's lonely drinking nectar When a friend claims she has no thirst And it hurts to be rejected, When she thinks you've done so first And she asks why you're so closed When you've just opened up your heart Can't you offer her the rose and help To tear the thorns apart? When you've found your secret garden And your wish is just to share Then it's lonely when a friend Can't seem to care.