Love is a rose but you’d better not pick it It only grows when it’s on the vine Hand full of thorns, and you know you've missed it Lose your love when you say the word mine I wanna see what’s never been seen I wanna live that age on dree Come on boy, let’s go together We can take the best right then Take a bus right now Love is a rose but you’d better not pick it It only grows when it’s on the vine Hand full of thorns, and you know you've missed it Lose your love when you say the word mine I wanna go to an old hoedown Long ago in a western town Pick me up cuz my feet are dragging Give me a lift and I’ll hay your wagon Love is a rose but you’d better not pick it It only grows when it’s on the vine Hand full of thorns, and you know you've missed it Lose your love when you say the word mine Love is a rose (you’d better not pick it) Love is a rose (on the vine) Love is a rose (you know you've missed it) Lose your love when you say the word mine Lose your love when you say the word mine