there's a girl who stands
around the corner
protecting it like
it was her border
I walk by her every
time that I'm leaving
but everytime I wish
to be loudly singing

'hey Rosie girl,
Rosie Posie girl,
come run away with me
stop protecting your corner
and we'll go be free!'

I don't know her
but I love her all the same
the ******* the corner
with the pretty flower name
oh Rosie girl, sweet Rosie girl,
come run away with me
stop protecting your corner
and we'll go be free

then one day she was gone
taken by the law
away from her corner
without sound or brawl
they took my Rosie girl
locked her up and ate the key
and I shouted to the sky
'hey Rosie girl, my Rosie girl,
come run away with me
stop protecting your corner
and we'll go be free!'

then one day a grave marker
showed up on th street
to show that Rosie girl
had finally gotten beat
I cried about the Rosie girl
that girl from the corner
who protected it like
a sentry at the border
the mane of red and
those eyes so green
callin' out words
that sounded mean
but Rosie girl, my Rosie girl,
was the sweetest flower in the snow
too bad the government
decided she just had to go

I don't know her
but I love her all the same
the ******* the corner
with the flower name
oh Rosie girl, sweet Rosie girl,
come run away with me
stop protecting your corner
and we'll go be free

so Rosie's now an angel
I know it like a fool
with her wings of light
and beauty to make you drool
she's the sentry of the corner,
of the border that's now spent
but everybody knows the story
of the girl who came and went

I didn't know her
but I loved her all the same
the ******* the corner
who had that flower name
oh Rosie girl, sweet Rosie girl,
I wish you had run with me
forced to leave your corner
and now you're gone and free