Rose in Paradise
Waylon Jennings
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She was a flower for the takin', Her beauty cut just like a knife He was a banker from Macon, He swore he'd love her all a his life He bought her a mansion on the mountain, With a formal garden and a lot a land But paradise became her prison, that Georgia banker was a jealous man! Every time he'd talk about her, You could see the fire in his eyes He'd say, "I would walk through Hell on Sunday, to keep my Rose in Paradise He hired a man to tend the garden, And keep an eye on her while he was gone Some say they ran away together Some say that gardener left alone Now the banker is an old man That mansion's crumbling down He sits all day and he stares at the garden Not a trace of her was Ever found Every time he'd talk about her, You could see the fi-er in his eyes He'd say, "I would walk through Hell on Sunday, To keep my Rose in Paradise Now there's a rose out in the garden Its beauty cuts just like a knife They say that it even grows in the winter time And blooms in the dead of the night
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Written by: Jim Mcbride, Stewart Harris
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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12 facts about this song
Release Information"Rose in Paradise" was released in 1986 and it is a single from Waylon Jennings's album "Hangin' Tough."
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Chart SuccessThe song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1987. It was Jennings's twelfth and final No. 1 country hit.
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SongwritersThe song was co-written by Stewart Harris and Jim McBride.
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Genre"Rose in Paradise" is a classic country music song.
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Music VideoA music video was produced for the song and was one of Jennings's few music videos.
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Cover VersionsThe song was later covered by the band "Chris Young", which featured Willie Nelson.
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Reference in Pop Culture"Rose in Paradise" was referenced in Stephen King's novel "The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands".
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CollaborationOne of the more recent versions of the song is a duet between country stars Chris Young and Willie Nelson.
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Song's StorylineThe song tells the melancholy tale of a wealthy man's wife who disappears in an apparent romantic escape with another man, but the ending hints she was possibly murdered by her lonely, jealous husband.
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Commercial Success"Rose in Paradise" was one of Jennings's biggest commercial successes in the later part of his career.
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Sequel SongIn 2015, country singer Sam Hunt released a loosely based sequel to this song called "The Burning House."
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In the SpotlightThe song helped keep Jennings in the spotlight even as the "Outlaw" movement in country music, which he helped establish, was beginning to wane.
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