Lyrics (#individ) Back to listing Parent individual File purple heart.doc Lyrics Purple Heart By Paul Reisler w/ Celeste Krenz and Denver Summer Scholars students A purple heart, and one pink rose Still alive in the middle of the desert. a lonely soldier, on his way home Dreamin’ of a life with a rose garden He leans his gun up against a tree Puts a rose in the barrel and prays for peace What if we could plant a rose in the barrel of every gun As a gift of peace to the generations to come I’m stunned by the killing I’m tired of this war I’m dying from the wounding I can’t take it anymore He’s coming home, though he’s lost an arm We’ve still got our lives to live together We’ll plant a rose for everyone Who died in the middle of the desert We’ll leave the guns up against the trees Plant roses in the barrels and pray for peace What if we could plant a rose in the barrel of every gun As a gift of peace to the generations to come I’m stunned by the killing I’m tired of this war I’m dying from the wounding I can’t take it anymore A purple heart, and one pink rose Still alive in the middle of the desert. Do you really want to delete this item? There is no undo for this operation.