Whatever Happened To Rose

Lyrics: Josh Ritter
Music: Bob Weir, Josh Ritter, Josh Kaufman

A track from Bob Weir's new album Blue Mountain, first played in a solo set on 29 Mar 2014...

Whatever happened to the end of the trail
The gold strike, the gold spike, the want of a nail
And every brass rail my thirst ever rode
And whatever happened to Rose

And whatever happened to that panhandle town
And where blew the ashes when the whole thing burned down
Is there some valley my soul can repose
And whatever happened to Rose

She wouldn't have let me
She wasn't the type to do wrong to
A heart that had loved her so strong
You have to know she wouldn't go

No, not without telling me why
Searched every churchyard and honky tonk place
For a nameon a stone or a face
Or maybe just one last goodbye

Sometime's along the trailside I'll find
A poor unmarked grave and I lay down beside
And tell Rose I love her, then tell her goodbye
And lay down, sleep there 'til the morning

And whatever happened to Rose
And whatever happened to Rose
And whatever happened to Rose