Violets from Violets by Belle-Skinner

When I was just a little girl I thought I knew love
Was waiting for the world to show my one and true love
And then I met the man that I am with today
It's only now I see we made a big mistake

Ooh ah, he used to give me violets
But now he turns away and all I hear is silence
Don't know what it means
Oh why's he gotten so cold to me?

I think back on the time when I was his one and only
But lately, now I find, with him I get so lonely
He'll never tell me what goes roaring through his mind
And so I lie awake and wait for him at night

Ooh ah, he'll promise me it's over
Ooh and I'll go on pretending I don't know her
What else can I do?
I'd die before I'd find somebody new

And all my friends, they tell me that I should pack it up and run away
But I don't think that they can really ever understand
That he can be so kind, so sweet sometimes
oh, the words that he can say
Besides, I know one day he'll come back to me again

Ooh ah, and so I will believe him
Because I know I'll never leave him
And I know I can't win
Oh, why do I do what I do for him?

• 1950s
• Dolly Parton
• Folk
• Patsy Cline
• doo wop
• indie folk
• irma thomas
• jazz folk
• love
• new folk
• post-doo wop
• retro
• retro-pop
• retropop
• New York