I tore all the pictures from all of their frames And all of your t-shirts, I gave them away I gave up those friends we both hung around And I gave up that bar on the east side of town I quit driving by to see if you're home And I took your death number right out of my phone I came to my senses and I gave up drinking alone But I kept the roses right by my bed And they sure make me lonely, but I'm smiling instead Cause you weren't the one, babe But you were the closest I let the rest of us go But I kept the roses I guess they remind me of how love can feel Sometimes a doorwork doesn't mean it ain't real We had something different We had something greater But some things, they just wilt away So I kept the roses right by my bed And they sure make me lonely, but I'm smiling instead Cause you weren't the one, babe But you were the closest I let the rest of us go But I kept the roses La la la la Ooh ooh La la la la Ooh ooh La la la la la la la la Oh I kept the roses right by my bed And they sure make me lonely, but I'm smiling instead Cause you weren't the one, babe But you were the closest I let the rest of us go But I kept the roses I let the rest of us go But I kept the roses