You've got to stop and smell the roses You've got to count your many blessings every day
You're going to find your way to heaven It's a rough and rocky road
If you don't stop and smell the roses along the way
Hey mister, where you going in such a hurry?
Don't you think it's time you realized
There's a whole lot more to life than work and worry
The sweetest things in life are free and they're right before your eyes
You've got to stop and smell the roses
If you don't stop and smell the roses
You've got to count your many blessings every day
You're going to find your way to heaven
It's a rough and rocky road
If you don't stop and smell the roses along the way
Before you went to work this morning in the city
Hey mister, where you going in such a hurry?
Did you spend your time with your family?
Did you kiss your wife and tell her that she's pretty?
Did you take your children to your breast and love them tenderly?
You've got to stop and smell the roses
You've got to count your many blessings every day
You're going to find your way to heaven
It's a rough and rocky road
It's a rough and rocky road
If you don't stop and smell the roses along the way
Did you ever take a walk through the forest?
Stop and dream a while among the trees?
Well you can look up through the leaves right straight to heaven
And you can almost hear the voice of God in each and every breeze
You've got to stop and smell the roses
You've got to count your many blessings every day
You're going to find your way to heaven
It's a rough and rocky road
If you don't stop and smell the roses along the way
You've got to stop and smell the roses
You've got to count your many blessings every day
You're going to find your way to heaven
It's a rough and rocky road
If you don't stop and smell the roses along the way
You're going to find your way to heaven
It's a rough and rocky road
If you don't stop and smell the roses along the way
Come on, stop, smell the roses along the way