Released: May 30, 1989
Songwriter: Dolly Parton
Producer: Ricky Skaggs
"Hello," you said the day we met
Handing me a yellow rose
You asked me out and to your surprise
And to mine, I said I'd go
I thought it so romantic
And I found you sweet and bold
Though we'd only met
I still said yes to a single yellow rose
And for years to come, you were the one
To sleep with me at night
To laugh and talk and share my thoughts
And hold me when I'd cry
And on every rare occasion
And for no good reason too
A big bouquet or a single yellow rose
Was sent from you
Yellow roses
The color of sunshine
You loved me at one time
Why did you have to go?
Yellow roses
Are you sending your new love
My bright yellow rose buds?
I still love you so
I never see a yellow rose
That I don't think of you
It's still my favorite flower
Though the yellows turned to blue
The day you left, my teardrops fell
Upon your farewell note
You said goodbye like you said hello
With a single yellow rose
Yellow roses
The color of sunshine
You loved me at one time
Why did you have to go?
Yellow roses
Are you sending your new love
My bright yellow rose buds?
I still love you so
Yellow roses
The color of sunshine
You loved me at one time
Why did you have to go?
Yellow roses
Are you sending your new love
My bright yellow rose buds?
I still love you so
Handing me a yellow rose
You asked me out and to your surprise
And to mine, I said I'd go
I thought it so romantic
And I found you sweet and bold
Though we'd only met
I still said yes to a single yellow rose
And for years to come, you were the one
To sleep with me at night
To laugh and talk and share my thoughts
And hold me when I'd cry
And on every rare occasion
And for no good reason too
A big bouquet or a single yellow rose
Was sent from you
Yellow roses
The color of sunshine
You loved me at one time
Why did you have to go?
Yellow roses
Are you sending your new love
My bright yellow rose buds?
I still love you so
I never see a yellow rose
That I don't think of you
It's still my favorite flower
Though the yellows turned to blue
The day you left, my teardrops fell
Upon your farewell note
You said goodbye like you said hello
With a single yellow rose
Yellow roses
The color of sunshine
You loved me at one time
Why did you have to go?
Yellow roses
Are you sending your new love
My bright yellow rose buds?
I still love you so
Yellow roses
The color of sunshine
You loved me at one time
Why did you have to go?
Yellow roses
Are you sending your new love
My bright yellow rose buds?
I still love you so
The Very Best of Dolly Parton (Volume 2)
- Harper Valley P.T.A.
- Eagle When She Flies
- Rockin’ Years
- Yellow Roses
- I Really Don’t Want to Know
- (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher
- Where Beauty Lives In Memory
- Heartbreaker
- Boulder To Birmingham
- Two Doors Down
- All I Can Do
- The Seeker
- Joshua
- Down From Dover
- In the Ghetto
- Just Because I’m a Woman
- To Daddy
- White Limozeen (1989)
- The Very Best of Dolly Parton (Volume 2) (2011)
- Jolene
- 9 to 5
- Coat of Many Colors
- I Will Always Love You
- Just Because I’m a Woman
- Here You Come Again
- From Here to the Moon and Back
- Cracker Jack
- Girl in the Movies
- Dumb Blonde
- Rockin’ Years
- Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
- Little Sparrow
- Here I Am
- The Bridge
- The Little Drummer Boy
- Before the Next Teardrop Falls
- Two Doors Down
- Red Shoes
- When Life Is Good Again
- Me and Little Andy
- Hard Candy Christmas
- Eagle When She Flies
- Joshua