I have seen your body And I have seen your beauty They are separate things Pretty, pretty, pretty things But I am in a garden Tending to my own So what do I care And what do you care if I grow? Ooh, if I grow Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses (Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses) Show no concern for colors of a violet Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus (Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus) Hopes it won't envy in your irises Think of all the wilted women Who crane their necks to reach a window Ripping all their petals off just 'cause "He loves me now he loves me not" I myself was a wilted woman Drowsy in a dark room Forgot my roots, now watch me bloom Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses (Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses) Show no concern for colors of a violet Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus (Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus) Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises Irises And I will not compare Other beauty to mine And I will not become A thorn in my own side And I will not return To where I once was Well, I can break through the earth Come up soft and wild Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses (Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses) Show no concern for colors of a violet Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus (Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus) Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises (Roses, roses, roses, roses) (Roses, roses, roses, roses) (Roses, roses, roses, roses) (Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)