"Eleven Roses" is a song written by
Lamar Morris and
Darrell McCall and recorded by American musician
Hank Williams Jr. It was released in March 1972 as the only single and title track from the album of the same name. The song was Williams' first number one, as solo artist, on the ''Billboard magazine''
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chart in July 1972, spending two weeks atop the chart. The song spent 14 weeks on the Hot Country Singles chart's top 40.
Content
The song—recorded in the
countrypolitan vein, and much different than Williams' later recordings—is a ballad about a man who gives his girlfriend a bouquet of 11 roses. The boyfriend, apparently repentant and remorseful for wrongs that he did to her ("''after what I've done you may not keep my roses''"), then asks her to look into the mirror while clutching the bouquet, hoping that she'll find that "the 12th rose will be staring back at you."
Charts
References
1972 singles
1972 songs
Hank Williams Jr. songs
MGM Records singles
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