When I awoke this mornin' Imagine my surprise On my pillow lay a single yellow rose I smiled but when I read the card The teardrops filled my eyes It was the only way that you could say goodbye You couldn't tell me to my face That you had found another And it never crossed my mind you'd be untrue So today as I lay sleepin' You left me here alone And you said goodbye With a single yellow rose Did ya know that yellow roses mean you love someone forever And did ya know they'd say forever I'll be true Why did you have to go astray Leave, and throw our love away Why did you leave a single yellow rose You couldn't tell me to my face That you had found another And it never crossed my mind you'd be untrue So today as I lay sleepin' You left me here alone And you said goodbye with a single yellow rose Yes you said goodbye with a single yellow rose