Wayward Rose

Two miles up a mountain road
There’s a little cabin no one knows about
‘Cept daddy and me
From dawn to dusk on summer days
We’d whittle wood, climb old trees, catch bullfrogs
Down at the creek
I’d sit up on the woodshed, daddy’d laugh at me
He’d say, baby girl, if you were a flower you would be a
 
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Wayward rose
The wildest wildflower in the woods
Beautiful as it climbs above the vines one day at a time
I love to watch it grow, that wayward rose
 
At sixteen I was makin’ plans
To hit the road with a bluegrass band
The hometown folks didn’t approve
On my graduation day
I packed my bags and I moved away
Wouldn’t settle down like the other girls do
Now I live out of a suitcase,
Play my songs in no-name towns
And I think about my daddy – if he could see me now,
He’d say
 
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Wayward rose
You’re the wildest wildflower in the woods
Beautiful as you climb above the vines one day at a time
I love to watch you grow, my wayward rose
 
That lonesome cabin’s still sittin’ on that hill
Daddy’s gone, but he’s livin’ with me stil
lIn my heart, in my soul, wherever I go he’s my
 
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Wayward rose
The wildest wildflower in the woods
Beautiful, he helped me climb above the vines
One day at a time
His love helped me grow, my wayward rose
He’s my wayward rose