Whatever happened to my garden of black roses Oh nurturing years of so long When I was a boy I planted a garden yeah That meant so much to me one of reality, yeah A garden of love none like this before One of a kind equality, yeah A prayer for you and me Whatever happened to my garden of black roses Oh nurturing years of so long, so long Whatever happened to my garden of black roses They say a stranger treated them wrong If we can keep the candles burning To shelter them from pain Oh, let them laugh again Shower the world with their innocence Who's tears felt like rain History remains the same But one by one they come up missing Strangers thought, strangers thought I was sleeping Some life, some life means nothing to some Watch out now we've got them on the run, on the run, yeah Whatever happened to my garden of black roses Oh nurturing years of so long Whatever happened to my garden of black roses They say a stranger treated them wrong Tell me whatever happened to my garden of black roses Will some one help me sing this song I haven't seen them for so long, so long My black roses, where have you been Will some one say, my, my black roses My precious black roses, night and I hear the children cry they say Whatever happened to my garden of black roses Oh nurturing years of so long, so long Whatever happened to my garden of black roses They say a stranger treated them wrong Whatever happened to my garden of black roses Will some one help me sing this song, please