"City Of Roses" lyrics

We were in Louisiana
I remember it well
'Cause my uncle was gambling
In a Shreveport hotel

Later that evening
We were Fort Worth bound
I saw the pretty red flowers
As we passed through a town

Well, we pulled on over
To get some fresh night air
And the sweet smell of roses
Lingered everywhere

There, in the moonlight
On the brick-lined street
Stood a pretty young woman
She gave a flower to me

There's a city of roses
Way back in the pines
I don't know if you know it
But it ain't hard to find

If you're coming from Dallas
You just keep rolling east
Till the city of roses
Is all that you see

Maybe you've seen it
Any place that you go
On a downtown corner
Somebody's selling a rose

Well, I bet you a dollar
I know where it's from
A little town in East Texas
You'd better get you one

There's a city of roses
Way back in the pines
I don't know if you know it
But it ain't hard to find

If you're coming from Dallas
You just keep rolling east
Until the city of roses
Is all that you see