I re-al-ize the way your eyes de  ceived  me ______
With ten-der looks that I  mis-took  for  love;________
Girl/Boy:  So take a-way the flow-ers that you gave   me____
And send the kind that you  re-mind  me   of.______

Chorus
Pa - per  Ro   -  ses,___   Pa - per  Ro   -  ses,___
Oh  how  real those ros-es   seem    to    be!______
But  they're   on  -  ly_____ im - i - ta - tion_____
Like  your im - i  -  ta  - tion love   for   me._____

Your pret-ty lips look warm and so ap - peal - ing,___
They seem to have the sweet-ness of   a  rose;____
Girl/Boy:  So throw a-way the flow-ers that I gave you____
I'll send the kind that you re-mind me of._____

Repeat the Chorus

I thought that you would be a per-fect  lov - er,___
You seemed so full of sweet-ness at the start;______
But like a big red rose that's made of pa - per,____
There is-n't an-y sweet-ness in your heart._______

Repeat the Chorus