Since line roses [Verse 1] I was a little girl Cotton-white hair, tan skin Green eyes, thin as a whisper I could fit in that old metal desk Too short for the big rides Till I turned sixteen years old Too small to be a model But I knew how to hold a song [Pre-Chorus] From kindergarten to high school I was always in a play Singing karaoke, auditioning Trying to find my way Then I fell for the music man He said I wasn’t good enough But I heard fear in his loud mouth Like he knew I’d be too much [Chorus] Paper roses, paper roses I can still bloom, I can still bloom Paper roses, paper roses I’m a wildflower breaking through Barbed wire, concrete angels Crossing deserts, swimming through Paper roses, paper roses I was made to make it through [Verse 2] I wrote a note in his pocket Told him I was going back out Said find somebody for your world Then I turned that heartbreak out My eighteen-wheeler kept singing Every time the Lord gave me chills When the world went hurting and ugly I was hauling hope up hills I sang of tall pine trees And a fence line split in two Meeting halfway in the middle Was the best thing we could do [Pre-Chorus] But love kept slipping my fingers Like rain through a screen door frame I gave him all of my soft heart He only gave me blame So I packed up my hurt in rhythm And I drove till it made sense Every mile got me closer To the girl I always was [Chorus] Paper roses, paper roses I can still bloom, I can still bloom Paper roses, paper roses I’m a wildflower breaking through Barbed wire, concrete angels Crossing deserts, swimming through Paper roses, paper roses I was made to make it through [Bridge] If you stood there and doubted me You can watch me rise now I got dust on my boots And a fire in my south I ain’t asking for permission I’m just singing what is true Little girl in a metal desk Look at what she grew [Final Chorus] Paper roses, paper roses I can still bloom, I can still bloom Paper roses, paper roses I’m a wildflower breaking through Barbed wire, concrete angels Crossing deserts, swimming through Paper roses, paper roses I was made to make it through Paper roses, paper roses I was always made for you
