Rosa Lee Lyrics

A little house in a little town in Georgia

Take that country road across the tracks

The home place sits just a little back

Cedar post porch and a wishing well full of dreams

Birth place and the home of sweet Rosa Lee

Days of the old cafe have come and gone

But those memories are like an old sweet song

And the stories they'll go on and on

And it's sad to say

But that's the way it should be

Sweet memories and sweet stories of Rosa Lee

Oh Rosa Lee

Oh Rosa Lee

The center of a close knit family

She had her own way of thinking and a way with words

She loved the songs of the mockingbird

Oh Rosa Lee

I know it's true

Nobody ever got one over on you

Festivals and friends

I thought those good times would never end

She had a love for life

Her children and the Chinaberry

I remember a story

That granny told me one time

About back in the days of the cafe

There was this man who would come in every day

And he would bring her fresh bread

And granny would ask that man

She said son, did you bring me fresh bread today

And he'd say, yes ma'am

Granny got to looking at the bread one day

And she wasn't sure that it was fresh

But she knew that man went to the local store

Before he came to see her everyday

So the next morning

Granny got up bright and early

And she walked down to the local store

Armed and dangerous with a magic marker

And she went to the bread section

And she proceeded to put little black marks

On all those loaves of bread

And later that day

The bread man came in

And he loaded granny's shelves up

And granny said to that man

She said son

Did you bring me fresh bread today

And he said, yes ma'am

Well, granny proceeded to point out to him

Those little black marks on the side of that bread

And a few years went by

And a man came into the cafe one day

And he sat down

And he said hello Ms. Jackson

He said, did you know that you taught me

One of the most valuable lessons in my life

And granny turned around

And she said, do I know you

And he said, I used to be your bread man

And that story

Made me think of something

That granny did so often

She could teach you a lesson and never say a word

She loved the songs of the mockingbird

Oh Rosa Lee

I know it's true

Nobody ever got one over on you

Now granny never liked to hear the freight trains blow

Said it made her think of all the friends she used to know

Now I guess I'm gonna do the same

When I hear the whistle of that lonesome train

Oh Rosa Lee

Oh Rosa Lee

The center of a close knit family

She had her own way of thinking and a way with words

She loved the songs of the mockingbird

Oh Rosa Lee

I know it's true

Nobody ever got one over on you

The Festivals and friends

I Thought those good times would never end

She had a love for life

Her children and the Chinaberry

She had a love for life

Her children and the Chinaberry

Oh Rosa Lee

Oh Rosa Lee