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's still lodged in my head

some blonde 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 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'll sleep on a bed of nails

oh 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's on my way home

a king's ransom in dimes i'd give each night to see through this pay phone

still i run out of time or it's hard to get through

til 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'll sleep on a bed of nails

oh i wanna be just as close as the holy ghost is

and lay you down on a bed of roses

well this hotel bar's 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

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'll sleep on a bed of nails

oh i wanna be just as close as the holy ghost is

and lay you down

i wanna lay you down in a bed of roses

for tonight i'll sleep on a bed of nails

oh i wanna be just as close as the holy ghost is

and lay you down on a bed of roses