Bed Of Roses

Sitting here wasted and wounded 
At this old piano
Trying hard to capture the moment 
This morning I don't know
Cause a bottle of vodka is still 
Lodged in my head
And some blond gave me nightmares
I think she's still in my bed
As I dream about movies they won't 
Make of me when I'm dead



With an ironclad fist I wake up and 
French kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps its 
Own beat in my head
While we're talking
About all of the things that 
I long to believe
About love and the truth and 
What you mean to me
And the truth is baby you're 
All that I need



I want to lay you on a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close 
As the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses



Well I'm so far away
That each step that I take is 
On my way home
A king's ransom in dimes 
I'd given each night
Just to see through this payphone
Still I run out of time
Or it's hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire flies 
Me back to you
I'll just close my eyes and whisper, 
Baby blind love is true



I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the 
Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses



The hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I died



When you close your eyes
Know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me
To stand in her spotlight again
Tonite I won't be alone
But you know that don't
Mean I'm not lonely I've got 
Nothing to prove
For it's you that I'd die to defend



I want to lay you down on a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails
I want to be just as close as the 
Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on bed of roses