| Whatever happened to my garden of black roses |
| Oh, nurturin' years of so long |
| Whatever happened to my garden of black roses |
| They say a stranger treated them wrong |
| When I was a boy I planted a garden |
| That meant so much to me, one of reality, yeah |
| A garden of love none like this before |
| One of a kind equality, yeah |
| A prayer for you and me, |
| Whatever happened to my garden of black roses |
| Oh, nurturin' years of so long, so long |
| Whatever happened to my garden of black roses |
| They say a stranger treated them wrong |
| If we can keep the candles burnin' |
| To shelter them from pain, oh, let them laugh again, |
| Shower the world with their innocence |
| Who’s tears felt like rain |
| History remains the same, oh |
| But one by one they come up missing |
| Strangers thought, I was sleeping |
| Some life, some life means nothing to some people |
| Watch out now, we got them on the run, on the run, yes |
| Whatever happened to my garden of black roses |
| Oh, nurturin' years of so long |
| Whatever happened to my garden of black roses |
| They say a stranger treated them wrong, tell me |
| Whatever happened to my garden of black roses |
| Will someone help me sing this song |
| I haven’t seen them for so long, why did they treat them wrong |
| My black roses |
| Where have you been |
| Will someone say |
| My, my black roses |
| My precious black roses |
| Night and day, I hear the children cry and they say |
| Whatever happened to my garden of black roses |
| Oh, nurturin' years of so long, so long |
| Whatever happened to my garden of black roses |
| They say a stranger treated them wrong |
| Whatever happened to my garden of black roses |
| Will someone help me sing this song, please |