The Red Rose
by The Everybodyfiels

I went walking one day down a dusty trail in the mountains

I saw your fence and climbed it down to the ground

On the ground I walked and on the rock there was your still

There was your still


There’s a bar in Alabama

And it’s called The Red Rose

And I go there when I’m thirsty

That’s the only reason I suppose

There was a man beside me

For ten long years I stayed at home

But that man has gone and left me

To do some drinking on his own

And I think God is a moonshiner

His skin is gold from the whiskey in his blood

I think in heaven there is a bar room

Place where the men go to forget about their wives

The sun's rising when I’m drinking

And it sets while I’m asleep

And I’ll drag my lonliness

To the next bar that I see

And I think God is a moonshiner

His skin is gold from the whiskey in his blood

I think in heaven there is a bar room

Place where the men go to forget about their wives

I know I’ve had enough of this town

There’s not much more for me to see

There’s Bibles falling from the skies down here

And I don’t think God has time for me

I think God is a moonshiner

His skin is gold from the whiskey in his blood

And I think in heaven there is a bar room

Place where the men go to forget about their wives

I walked to your still and I drank my fill on the rock