Don't Step on Mother's Roses

Don't Step on Mother's Roses - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什)

We all were called to come back

To the old home on the farm

Mother's passed away

What a mournful day

And as my daddy watched

His eyes were filled with pain and hurt

When someone stepped upon a rose

And crushed it in the dirt

Don't step on mother's roses

Daddy cried

She planted them the day she was my bride

And every time I see a rose

I see her smilin' face

She made my darkest days look bright

'Round the old home place

Don't step on mother's roses

Let 'em grow

The way they did since many years ago

They'll bloom for me each year

And I'll have mother near

Don't step on mother's roses

Let 'em grow

Years have passed away

And how the old home place has changed

Daddy had to go

We all miss him so

Children pick the roses as they go along the way

But when their petals are abused

I hear my daddy say

Don't step on mother's roses

Daddy cried

She planted them the day she was my bride

And every time I see a rose

I see her smilin' face

She made my darkest days look bright

'Round the old home place

Don't step on mother's roses

Let 'em grow

The way they did since many years ago

They'll bloom for me each year

And I'll have mother near

Don't step on mother's roses

Let 'em grow