I stopped and smelled the roses
Before I came in today
Stood and looked around at this ole world
Wondered how it got this way

My mind drifted back to another time
When my heart was broke in two
I had lost the one I loved
You’d called him home to you

There were oh so many days
When I thought I could not go on
Knowing my world would never be the same
Without my love to hold

Time has healed so much of this pain
I thought would never end
And as I stopped and smelled the roses
I found I could smile again

Then I brushed a tear from my eye
In such awe I realized
The strength that has been given me
In all of this I’ve survived