Alabama Rose - Bobby Bare

One night I went into town

And met a girl from Alabama

In her eyes I saw the sadness she had seen in life

I found out she had spent some wasted years in Chicago

She had known a hundred men or more

But never as a wife

She was going home

To start her life again in Alabama

Where she had been

And why God only knows

But I loved that girl

And begged her just to stay with me in Nashville

And I called that girl my Alabama Rose

The days turned into weeks

And I was sure she’d learned to love me

But sometimes late at night

I’d wake and listen to her cry

The sun came up one morning

And my rose was not beside me

I got that feeling

Like you want to die

Now I wonder if she ever made it back to Alabama

Where she is and why God only knows

But she must know no matter where she goes

My dreams go with her

'Cause I still love my Alabama Rose

God knows I love my Alabama Rose