I Won't Send Roses (arr. Hicks, TTBB) - Fog City Singers

"I Won't Send Roses" from Mack & Mabel, a barbershop ballad arranged by Theo Hicks. Performed by the Fog City Singers at our "Colors" concert on August 3, 2019 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in San Francisco, California. https://www.fogcitysingers.com At our concert, "I Won’t Send Roses" explored the color and symbolic passion of the red rose. This ballad comes from Mack and Mabel, a lesser-known Broadway musical about the relationship between a Hollywood director and one of his movie stars. In this song, Mack implores Mabel to leave him, as he lacks the romantic capacity to give her what she truly deserves. This piece for us suggested that red is a perilous color: both impassioned and bloody complicated. Purchase the score: https://shop.barbershop.org/i-wont-se... Support Fog City Singers by supporting us on Patreon:   / fogcitysingers   LYRICS: I won't send roses or hold the door. I won't remember which dress you wore. My heart is too much in control, the lack of romance in my soul will turn you gray, kid, so stay away, kid. Forget my shoulder when you're in need. Forgetting birthdays is guaranteed, and should I love you, you would be the last to know. I won't send roses, and roses suit you so. My pace is frantic, my temper's cross. With words romantic, I'm at a loss. I'd be the first one to agree that I'm preoccupied with me. And it's inbred, kid, so keep your head, kid. In me you'll find things like guts and nerve but not the kind things that you deserve. And so, while there's a fighting chance, just turn and go. I won't send roses and roses suit you so.