[Based on a poem by Stephen Foster from 1850 called Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway.] [trippy psychedelic organ] [Verse 1] May the red rose forever live To gaze upon earth and sky! Why do the beautiful cry? Why must the beautiful die? Lending its charm to every day Chasing away the night Giving her radiance a kiss Nursing the dew-drop bright May the red rose forever live, To gaze upon earth and sky! Why do the beautiful cry? Why must the beautiful die? [psychedelic organ] [spatial guitar solo] [Verse 2] Long may the daises dance in the field, They frollick far and near! Must the innocent hide their heads? Why must the innocent fear? Spreading their petals in pure delight When dawn its radiance breaks, An enchanting floral festival Till the nocturnal primrose awakes Let the daisies sway the field, Frolicking far and near! Must the innocent hide their heads? Why must the innocent fear? [syncopated guitar riff] [stripped back psychedelic organ only] [solitary psychedelic organ solo with minimal bass and snare drum only] [psychedelic organ is joined by electric guitars and drums] [soaring emotional atmospheric guitar solo] [Verse 3] Quiet be the dirge in the cypress bough, And tales of departed flowers! That the butterfly's gilded wing Fluttered in the green bowers! Sad in my heart for the blighted plants Its pleasures are way too brief blooming at the year's joyful call, And fading with the autumn leaf May the red rose forever live, To gaze upon earth and sky! Why do the beautiful cry? Why must the beautiful die? [Ending]
