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
first 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 think
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 tonight
I sleep on a bed
on nails
Ooh I want to be
just as close as
The Holy Ghost is
and lay you down
On a bed of roses
well I'm so far away
That each step
that I take is
On my way home
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 tonight
I sleep on a bed
on nails
Ooh I want to be
just as close as
The Holy Ghost is
and lay you down
On a bed of roses
well this 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
ooh yeah~

When 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 want to lay you down
on a bed of roses
For tonight
I sleep on a bed
On nails
ooh I want to be
Just as close as
the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down
I want to lay you down
On a bed of roses
for tonight
I sleep on a bed
on nails I want to be
Just as close as
the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down
on a bed of roses~