‘A Rose Growing Old’ is a song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1976. It has never been released officially, but it did end up on various bootlegs. The song is also known as ‘Feeling Like A Waltz’ and ‘It Hurts Me’.
The demo appears on the bootleg 7″ single Cathy Demos Volume One and various bootleg CD’s.
Lyrics
Slipping past the chimney-pots
Down among the ashes, away from old times
Why must I self-indulge in memories?
I should be celebrating to a moving melody
But it hurts me, it hurts me
Honey, honey, it hurts me
And I’m feeling like a rose growing old
Old, old, old, old
I was fiery but you put me out
I was always one for loving and leaving
I like to think I was immune to romance
I should be laughing at some good old comedy
Oh, but it hurts me, it hurts me
Honey, honey, it hurts me
And I’m feeling like a rose…
If you laughed at me, I’d laugh too
Rose, don’t you know that I’d be really breaking
L’amour–marche avec un etranger
I shouldn’t care, you’re not my darling anymore
But it hurts me, it hurts me
Honey, honey, honey, honey
And I’m feeling like a rose growing old
Old, old, old, old
