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