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