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Love Is a Rose

Neil Young
Track 83 on Neil Young Archives Vol. II (1972-1976) 

Producers

Neil Young & Tim Mulligan
Oct. 28, 19771 viewer9.3K views

Love Is a Rose Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Love is a rose but you better not pick it
It only grows when it's on the vine
A handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it
You lose your love when you say the word mine

[Bridge]
I want to see what's never been seen
I want to live that age old dream
Come on, lass, we can go together
Let's take the best right now
Take the best right now

[Verse 2]
I wanna go to an old hoedown
Long ago in a western town
Pick me up but my feet are dragging
Give me a lift and I'll hay your wagon

[Verse 1]
Love is a rose but you better not pick it
It only grows when it's on the vine
A handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it
You lose your love when you say the word mine, mine, mine

[Outro]
Love is a rose
Love is a rose
Love is a rose
Love is a rose

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Neil Young Archives Vol. II (1972-1976) (2020)
  1. 1.
    Letter from ’Nam
  2. 2.
    Monday Morning
  3. 3.
    The Bridge (Studio Version)
  4. 4.
    Time Fades Away (Studio Version)
  5. 5.
    Come Along and Say You Will
  6. 6.
    Goodbye Christians on the Shore
  7. 7.
    The Last Trip to Tulsa (Live Baton Rouge 1973)
  8. 8.
    The Loner (Live Oklahoma City 1973)
  9. 9.
    Sweet Joni
  10. 10.
    Yonder Stands the Sinner
  11. 11.
    L.A. (Story) (Missing Lyrics)
  12. 12.
    L.A. (Live Sacramento 1973)
  13. 13.
    Human Highway (6/29/73)
  14. 14.
    Here We Are in the Years (Live from Tuscaloosa)
  15. 15.
    After the Gold Rush (Live from Tuscaloosa)
  16. 16.
    Out on the Weekend (Live from Tuscaloosa)
  17. 17.
    Harvest (Live from Tuscaloosa)
  18. 18.
    Old Man (Live from Tuscaloosa)
  19. 19.
    Heart of Gold (Live from Tuscaloosa)
  20. 20.
    Time Fades Away (Live from Tuscaloosa)
  21. 21.
    Lookout Joe (Live from Tuscaloosa)
  22. 22.
    New Mama (Live from Tuscaloosa)
  23. 23.
    Alabama (Live from Tuscaloosa)
  24. 24.
    Don’t Be Denied (Live from Tuscaloosa)
  25. 25.
    Speakin’ Out Jam
  26. 26.
    Everybody’s Alone
  27. 27.
    Tired Eyes
  28. 28.
    Tonight’s the Night
  29. 29.
    Mellow My Mind
  30. 30.
    World on a String
  31. 31.
    Speakin’ Out
  32. 32.
    Raised on Robbery
  33. 33.
    Roll Another Number (For the Road)
  34. 34.
    New Mama
  35. 35.
    Albuquerque
  36. 36.
    Tonight’s the Night - Part II (Extended Intro)
  37. 37.
    Tonight’s the Night (Live from The Roxy 1973)
  38. 38.
    Mellow My Mind (Live from The Roxy 1973)
  39. 39.
    Roll Out the Barrel (Live from The Roxy 1973)
  40. 40.
    World on a String (Live from The Roxy 1973)
  41. 41.
    Speakin’ Out (Live from The Roxy 1973)
  42. 42.
    Albuquerque (Live from The Roxy 1973)
  43. 43.
    New Mama (Live from The Roxy 1973)
  44. 44.
    Roll Another Number (Live from The Roxy 1973)
  45. 45.
    Tired Eyes (Live from The Roxy 1973)
  46. 46.
    Tonight’s the Night, Part II (Live from The Roxy 1973)
  47. 47.
    Walk On (Live from The Roxy 1973)
  48. 48.
    The Losing End (Live from The Roxy 1973)
  49. 49.
    Winterlong
  50. 50.
    Walk On
  51. 51.
    Bad Fog of Loneliness (On the Beach Outtake)
  52. 52.
    Borrowed Tune
  53. 53.
    Traces (12-5-73)
  54. 54.
    For the Turnstiles
  55. 55.
    Ambulance Blues
  56. 56.
    Motion Pictures (For Carrie)
  57. 57.
    On the Beach
  58. 58.
    Revolution Blues
  59. 59.
    Vampire Blues
  60. 60.
    Greensleeves
  61. 61.
    Love/Art Blues (6/15/74)
  62. 62.
    Through My Sails
  63. 63.
    Homefires
  64. 64.
    Pardon My Heart (6/16/74)
  65. 65.
    Hawaiian Sunrise
  66. 66.
    L.A. Girls and Ocean Boys
  67. 67.
    Pushed It Over the End (Live)
  68. 68.
    On the Beach (8/28/74)
  69. 69.
    Vacancy (11/4/74)
  70. 70.
    One More Sign
  71. 71.
    Frozen Man
  72. 72.
    Give Me Strength (11/4/74)
  73. 73.
    Bad News Comes to Town
  74. 74.
    Changing Highways (1974)
  75. 75.
    Love/Art Blues (12/10/74)
  76. 76.
    The Old Homestead
  77. 77.
    Daughters
  78. 78.
    Deep Forbidden Lake
  79. 79.
    Love/Art Blues (12/31/74)
  80. 80.
    Separate Ways
  81. 81.
    Try
  82. 82.
    Mexico
  83. 83.
    Love Is a Rose
  84. 84.
    Homegrown (Homegrown Version)
  85. 85.
    Florida
  86. 86.
    Kansas
  87. 87.
    We Don’t Smoke It No More
  88. 88.
    White Line
  89. 89.
    Vacancy
  90. 90.
    Little Wing
  91. 91.
    Star of Bethlehem
  92. 92.
    Ride My Llama
  93. 93.
    Cortez the Killer
  94. 94.
    Don’t Cry No Tears
  95. 95.
    Born to Run
  96. 96.
    Barstool Blues
  97. 97.
    Danger Bird
  98. 98.
    Stupid Girl
  99. 99.
    Kansas
  100. 100.
    Powderfinger (Zuma Outtake)
  101. 101.
    Hawaii
  102. 102.
    Drive Back
  103. 103.
    Lookin’ for a Love
  104. 104.
    Pardon My Heart
  105. 105.
    Too Far Gone (Zuma Outtake)
  106. 106.
    Pocahontas (Zuma Outtake)
  107. 107.
    No One Seems to Know (Zuma Outtake)
  108. 108.
    Like a Hurricane
  109. 109.
    Lotta Love
  110. 110.
    Look Out For My Love
  111. 111.
    Separate Ways
  112. 112.
    Let It Shine
  113. 113.
    Long May You Run
  114. 114.
    Fontainebleau
  115. 115.
    Traces
  116. 116.
    Mellow My Mind (Live from Festival Hall, Osaka, 1976)
  117. 117.
    Midnight on the Bay (Live - 3/30/76)
  118. 118.
    Stringman (Live from Hammersmith Odeon 1976)
  119. 119.
    Mediterranean
  120. 120.
    Ocean Girl
  121. 121.
    Midnight on the Bay (4/14/76)
  122. 122.
    Human Highway (4/15/76)
  123. 123.
    The Old Laughing Lady (Live from Hammersmith Odeon 1976)
  124. 124.
    After the Gold Rush (Live from Hammersmith Odeon 1976)
  125. 125.
    Too Far Gone (Live from Hammersmith Odeon 1976)
  126. 126.
    Old Man (Live from Hammersmith Odeon 1976)
  127. 127.
    Stringman (Live Hammersmith 1976 with Overdubs)
  128. 128.
    Don’t Cry No Tears (Live from Nippon Budokan 1976)
  129. 129.
    Cowgirl in the Sand (Live from Nippon Budokan 1976)
  130. 130.
    Lotta Love (Live from Nippon Budokan 1976)
  131. 131.
    Drive Back (Live from Nippon Budokan 1976)
  132. 132.
    Cortez the Killer (Live from Nippon Budokan 1976)
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October 28, 1977
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