In a garden of city streets
I watched her growing there
and the flowers in her own black hair
And the traffic kind of cools it
and smile her pretty smile
even if I'd never heard her name
Cause no matter what they call her,
Cause a rose by any other name
But a rose by any other name
And my friend, you know what I mean
Oh, yesterday we touched for the first time
but I felt her cherry lips on mine
And the tears ran down her cheeks
and she whispered, Darling,
Even in the ghetto, dreams do come true
even if I'd never heard her name
Cause no matter what they call her,
Coral Rose, by any other name,
Though I know her Christian
But a rose, by any other name,
But a rose, by any other name,
But a rose by any other name
And I didn't know what I meant
But a rose by any other name