65 Roses

Read about 65 Roses day on the actual 65 Roses website: www.65rosesday.org.au
But these song lyrics say it all:
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When I was just a small child
I remember the day Mum and Dad came to me
And the tears welled up in their eyes
As they told of the flowers my sister received

Why does she have 65 Roses
Why can't she come out to play
She must have been good so why are you sad
What are you trying to say

65 Roses they said
Made her tired so that sometimes she must rest in bed
And I couldn't begin to believe
That the 65 Roses made it hard just to breathe

Now I've grown up and I see
That the only one thinking of flowers was me
And the reason that my Mum and Dad
Came to see me that day and why they were so sad

She didn't have 65 Roses
Roses of yellow and red
Life one supposes is no bed of roses
I wish she had roses instead

65 Roses was Cystic Fibrosis
But I couldn't make out the name
I was too young to understand
What they were trying to say

65 Roses, 65 Roses
Roses of yellow and red
Life one supposes is no bed of roses
I wish she had roses instead

(APRA/AMCOS - Copyright Lee J. Collier 2001)