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 nothing 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      cuz eighteen yellow roses   will wilt and die one day   but a fathers love, will never fade away   will never fade away