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Paper Roses

Music-Fred Spielman
Lyrics-Janice Torre, 1960

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I realize the way 

 6     5   4 -3    -4
your eyes deceived me

  6  -7 6    -5    
With tender looks 

  6 -7  6 -5    6   5
that I mistook for love.

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So take away the flowers 

 5   4  -5   -6
that you gave me

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And send the kind that you remind me of.

Chorus

7 -7  -7 -6  -7 -6  -6 6
Paper roses, paper roses;

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Oh, how real those roses seemed to be.

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But they're only imitation

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Like your imitation love for me.

Verse 2
Your pretty lips look warm and so appealing.
They seem to have the sweetness of a rose;
But when you give a kiss there is no feeling.
I'll send the kind you remind me of.
Chorus

Verse 3
I thought that you would be a perfect lover.
You seemed so full of sweetness at the start.
But like a big red rose that made of paper
There isn't any sweetness in your heart.
Chorus/end

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