Name: The Ballad Of The Roses
Duration: 2 min 57 s
Channel: Val Zudell
Description: Free MP3 download. This is the rough demo I made on my computer. The song is an expression of my sorrow and anger over this manufactured war that has served no purpose other than to enrich the pockets of the war profiteers, and has left so many greiving families.

Free download

This is the rough demo I made on my computer. The song is an expression of my sorrow and anger over this manufactured war that has served no purpose other than to enrich the pockets of the war profiteers, and has left so many greiving families.

songwriter val zudell

Val Zudell

Keyboardist and Songwriter

I'm primarily a songwriter, A member of BMI for many years. I have a deep love for traditional country music and songs with lyrics that make sense and have beautiful melodies and words that move the emotions. I have been writing since 1986 when I visited Hawaii and fell in love with the beauty of the islands. I came home and wrote my first song which I called "Isle of Endless Summer". The bug bit me very hard and I have been writing ever since. I have had a couple of Indie Record cuts but I'm always looking for more. I hope you'll like my songs.

Song Info

Genre

Country • Alternative Country

Charts

#1,154 in subgenre Peak #2

Charts

Peak #19

Author

Val Zudell

Rights

2006 Val Zudell

Uploaded

August 26, 2006

Track Files

MP3

MP3 2.7 MB • 128 kbps • 2:57

Story behind the song

This song is an expression of my sorrow and anger for the many young lives that have been lost in this needless "manufactured" war that has served no purpose other than enriching the pockets of the war profiteers.

Lyrics

THE BALLAD OF THE  ROSES
                       © 2006 Val Zudell
 Dedicated to all the widows and families of our fallen soldiers


We had a simple wedding in the springtime

By fall there was a baby on the way

Each time he brought a big bouquet of roses

And let them speak for words he couldn't say


The orders telling him "Report for duty"

Arrived upon a cold December morn

We cried together, as he left us knowing
 
He couldn't stay to see his child be born


So he went off to war with flags a flying 

Believing in a cause worth fighting for

In innocence he never dreamed their lying

Was camouflaging greed and lust for war


I wonder if they understand the heartache

Or care about  the cost of all he gave

Now I'm the one who's bringing him the roses

And crying as I lay them on his grave

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Comments 2

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Roger John

May 25, 2009

You know  the lies of those that were in power when they started that war that neednt have been started to use American Patriotism to go into Iraq, is a sin that rests upon their heads. But I doubt they really care much. At least Lyndon Johnson during the Vietnam war couldnt bear to run anotehr term, and stepped aside knowing blood was being spilt needlessly. Iraq is very much the same. Lifes being given for The masters of War and the oil kings.

Jiri Hajek - composer

Apr 15, 2009

Lovely balade, Val, a story with a outstanding mood in your fine performance... Jiri