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 that 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 the truth
and what you mean to me
and the truth is baby
you're all that i need
i wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
for tonight i sleep on a bed of nails
i wanna be just as close
as the holy ghost is
and lay you down on a bed of roses
well i'm so far away
each step that i take is on my way home
a king's ransom in dimes
i'd give 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 wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
for tonight i sleep on a bed of nails
i wanna be just as close
as the holy ghost is
and lay you down on a bed of roses
the hotel bar hangover
whiskey's gone dry
the barkeeper's wig's crooked
and she's giving me the eye
well i might have said yeah
but i laughed so hard i think i died
now as you close your eyes
know i'll be thinking about you
while my mistress she calls me to stand
in her spotlight again
tonight
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 wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
for tonight i sleep on a bed of nails
i wanna be just as close
as the holy ghost is
and lay you down on a bed of roses
i wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
for tonight i sleep on a bed of nails
i wanna be just as close
as the holy ghost is
and lay you down on a bed of roses
