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Backstory:

Barbara gave Pete the lyrics, and Pete got an idea for the music in the chorus. They worked on the lyrics together until a melody for the verses & bridge came together. Back and forth, back and forth, and we got our song!

Lyrics:

                                                  
BRIDGE OF ROSES (revised)
Writers: Barbara Robinson & Pete Papageorge

VERSE 1
Mother's heart made her cry in pain
As she called her out husband's name
She reminisced about the good old days
With her and Dad at their favorite place
A place that only a few would know
Of which she spoke in a voice that broke

CHORUS
How I love that Bridge of Roses
Where thousands of wild blossoms bloom
Throw my ashes in the river
We'll be together in love's perfume

VERSE 2
Mother said where the roses grow
Was the place Dad kneeled to propose
She had his funeral at the bridge's side
Where long ago Dad had been baptized   
She wished they'd had so many more days
But she could still find the way to say

CHORUS
How I love that Bridge of Roses
Where thousands of wild blossoms bloom
Throw my ashes in the river
We'll be together in love's perfume

BRIDGE
When she passed away last night
I dreamed I saw her at the bridge
And with Dad standing by her side
As the sun came over the ridge

CHORUS
How I love that Bridge of Roses
Where thousands of wild blossoms bloom
Throw my ashes in the river
We'll be together in love's perfume
Throw my ashes in the river
We'll live forever in love's perfume


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