A Kiss for Every Rose

Country-pop; soft plate reverb; acoustic guitar strums, gentle fiddle, and a light country-pop drum kit; breathy female mezzo with soft vibrato, shifting to a warm older mama voice for the middle verse; sweet, unhurried groove around 100 BPM, swelling into a joyful final chorus

[Chorus — young female vocal]
A kiss for every rose you bring,
That's the deal, that's our little thing.
One for the one and two for the two,
Baby, I'm keepin' count right along with you.
Bring me a dozen when the year comes round,
I'll pay every one back — that's a promise bound.
A kiss for every rose —
That's the deal we made.

[Verse 2 — warm mama voice, remembering month by month]
I remember two roses month two, three month three,
A kiss for every rose, plain as could be.
Four, five, six — Lord, them kisses kept comin',
Seven, the table held roses and somethin'.
By month ten I'm countin', hand to my head —
"Seventy-eight kisses? Lord, give me grace," I said.
But month eleven I set out a vase anyway —
A mama knows true when it won't go away.

[Bridge — young female vocal, quiet and heartfelt]
Seventy-eight roses in twelve short months,
Seventy-eight kisses, and my heart still races.
And we're just gettin' started, you and me —
If this is year one, imagine fifty.

[Final verse — young female vocal, the proposal]
One whole year, and you came by with a full dozen,
Whole family on the porch, roses red as the sunset.
Down on one knee where the first rose began,
Small diamond ring shinin' in your shakin' hand.
"Twelve months of roses was me learnin' to say —
Will you marry me, girl, and love me past every day?"
I screamed out a yes 'fore you finished the line,
Paid my dozen kisses — family cheerin' this time.

[Final chorus — young female vocal, bigger, joyful]
A kiss for every rose you bring,
That's the deal, that's our little thing.
One for the one and two for the two,
Baby, I'm keepin' count right along with you.
You brought me a dozen when the year came round,
I paid every one back — that's a promise bound.
A kiss for every rose —
That's the deal we made.

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[Verse 1 — young female vocal] First month, you came by with one red rose, Stood on my porch, shiftin' toe to toe. You said, "I don't know much, but I know this — Seein' you smile is worth all of this." I kissed you once, right there by the door. One little rose, one little kiss — and we both wanted more. [Chorus — young female vocal] A kiss for every rose you bring, That's the deal, that's our little thing. One for the one and two for the two, Baby, I'm keepin' count right along with you. Bring me a dozen when the year comes round, I'll pay every one back — that's a promise bound. A kiss for every rose — That's the deal we made. [Verse 2 — warm mama voice, remembering month by month] I remember two roses month two, three month three, A kiss for every rose, plain as could be. Four, five, six — Lord, them kisses kept comin', Seven, the table held roses and somethin'. By month ten I'm countin', hand to my head — "Seventy-eight kisses? Lord, give me grace," I said. But month eleven I set out a vase anyway — A mama knows true when it won't go away. [Chorus — young female vocal] A kiss for every rose you bring, That's the deal, that's our little thing. One for the one and two for the two, Baby, I'm keepin' count right along with you. Bring me a dozen when the year comes round, I'll pay every one back — that's a promise bound. A kiss for every rose — That's the deal we made. [Bridge — young female vocal, quiet and heartfelt] Seventy-eight roses in twelve short months, Seventy-eight kisses, and my heart still races. And we're just gettin' started, you and me — If this is year one, imagine fifty. [Final verse — young female vocal, the proposal] One whole year, and you came by with a full dozen, Whole family on the porch, roses red as the sunset. Down on one knee where the first rose began, Small diamond ring shinin' in your shakin' hand. "Twelve months of roses was me learnin' to say — Will you marry me, girl, and love me past every day?" I screamed out a yes 'fore you finished the line, Paid my dozen kisses — family cheerin' this time. [Final chorus — young female vocal, bigger, joyful] A kiss for every rose you bring, That's the deal, that's our little thing. One for the one and two for the two, Baby, I'm keepin' count right along with you. You brought me a dozen when the year came round, I paid every one back — that's a promise bound. A kiss for every rose — That's the deal we made.

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