A little boy not much more than a baby

Found a rose and picked it like a child would do

Proudly he went running to his mommy

And with a grin he said, "Look what me find for you"



A teenage boy packed groceries at the market

A rebel kid sometimes a little wild

But every year on Mother's Day and birthdays

He'd bring her a rose just like that little child



A single crimson rose

In time became a symbol of

Endless love shared between

A mother and her son

A single crimson rose

Was a special way to say

I'll always love you come what may

A single crimson rose



At eighteen, he enlisted in the army

To fight a war he felt needed to be won

Sometimes he'd write on Mother's Days and birthdays

He never failed to send a rose to mom



That soldier now is coming home a hero

With his medals to the mother that he loves

With tear-filled eyes, she tells him how she's missed him

And on his casket lays a single crimson rose



A single crimson rose

In time became a symbol of

Endless love shared between

A mother and her son

A single crimson rose

Was a special way to say

I'll always love you come what may

A single crimson rose



A single crimson rose

Was a special way to say

I'll always love you come what may

A single crimson rose



A little boy not much more than a baby

Found a rose and picked it like a child would do