Eighteen yellow roses came today   Eighteen yellow roses in a pretty bouquet   When the boy came to the door   I didn't know what to say   But eighteen yellow roses came today      I opened up the card to see what it said   I couldn't believe my eyes   When I had read   Though you belong to another I love you anyway   Yes eighteen yellow roses came today      I never doubted your love for a minute   I always thought that you would be true   But now this box and the flowers in it   I guess there's nothin' left for me to do      But ask to meet the boy that's done this thing   And find out if he's got plans to buy you a ring   'Cause eighteen yellow roses will wilt and die one day   But a father's love will never fade away   Will never fade away