I Threw Away The Rose

<br>Once I lived a life of wine and roses and I drank a lot back then for one concern<br>Success for me lay just around the corner<br>I thought my social friends would help me make the turn<br>But now I`m paying for the days of wine and roses a victim of the drunken life I chose<br>Now all my social friends look down their noses<br>Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose<br>[ steel ]<br>I stood by and watched the bottle take control of me<br>The turn I made was not the one I planned<br>And I watched my social standings slip away from me<br>While I watched the bottle slowly take command<br>And now I`m paying for...<br>Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose