Once I lived the life of wine and rosesAnd I drank a lot back then for one concernSuccess for me lay just around the cornerI thought my social friends would help me make the turnBut now I'm paying for the days of wine and rosesA victim of the drunken life I choseNow all my social friends look down their noses'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the roseI stood by and watched the bottle take control of meThe turn I made was not the one I'd plannedAnd I watched my social standings slip away from meWhile I watched the bottle slowly take commandAnd now I'm paying for the days of wine and rosesA victim of the drunken life I choseNow all my social friends look down their noses'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose'Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
