WHEN I SPIED THE SCARLET ROSE
I REACHED DOWN TO TOUCH HER VELVET PETALS
BUT SHE PIERCED ME WITH HER THORNS
STILL I THOUGHT ....OH, WHAT A LOVELY FLOWER
AS BLOODDROPS FELL FROM MY TREMBLIN` HAND
BUT I KNEW I COULD NEVER TRUST THE TOUCH
OF THAT RED BEAUTY ON THE STEM AGAIN
AND TEARDROPS FILLED MY EYES
AS I LET GO OF THE ROSE...I CRIED
THIS WORLD IS LIKE THAT SCARLET ROSE
IT HURTS ....IT BRINGS US PAIN
BUT THERE`S STILL A ROSE THAT I HOLD CLOSE
JESUS IS HIS NAME....
OH, I CAN HOLD MY GENTLE ROSE
CLOSER THAN A FRIEND
FOR HE`S THE ROSE WITHOUT THE THORNS
I MET JESUS IN MY HEART`S GARDEN
THAT SAME MORNING SO LONG AGO
HE WAS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THAT SCARLET ROSE
THAT I DEARLY LONGED TO HOLD
AND HE NOTICED THE WOUND ON MY HAND
THAT THE ROSE HAD ETCHED IN BLOOD
AND HE KISSED MY PAIN AWAY THAT DAY
WITH THE TENDERNESS OF HIS LOVE
AND TEARDROPS FILLED MY EYES
AS I TOOK HOLD OF THE ROSE I CRIED
THIS WORLD IS LIKE THAT SCARLET ROSE
IT HURTS ....IT BRINGS US PAIN
BUT THERE`S STILL A ROSE THAT I HOLD CLOSE
JESUS IS HIS NAME....
OH, I CAN HOLD MY GENTLE ROSE
CLOSER THAN A FRIEND
FOR HE`S THE ROSE WITHOUT THE THORNS
OH WHEN I LOOK BACK ON CALVARY
AND SEE MY GENTLE ROSE
NAILED UPON THAT RUGGED TREE
WEARING A CROWN OF THORNS
MY HEART LONGS TO HOLD THE ROSE
CLOSER EVERY DAY ....EVEN STILL
AND FOR ALL ETERNITY I WILL
THIS WORLD IS LIKE THAT SCARLET ROSE
IT HURTS ....IT BRINGS US PAIN
BUT THERE`S STILL A ROSE THAT I HOLD CLOSE
JESUS IS HIS NAME....
OH, I CAN HOLD MY GENTLE ROSE
CLOSER THAN A FRIEND
FOR HE`S THE ROSE WITHOUT THE THORNS
OH, I CAN HOLD MY GENTLE ROSE
CLOSER THAN A FRIEND
FOR HE`S THE ROSE WITHOUT THE THORNS
HE`S THE ROSE WITHOUT THE THORNS
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Pam Gremillion/composer
`2000
