Sittin' here wasted and
wounded at this old piano
Tryin' hard to capture
the moment
This mornin' I don't know
'Cause a bottle of vodka's
still lodged in my head
And 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 mornin'
While some marching band
keeps its own beat in my head
while we're talkin'
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 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 that each
step that I take's on my
way home
A king's ransom in dimes
Give each night to see
through this payphone
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 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 givin' me the eye
Well I might've said yeah
But I laughed so hard
I think I died
Oo yeah
Now as you close your eyes
Know I'll be thinkin' 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 nothin' 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
Wo oo
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 sleep
on a bed of nails
I wanna be just as close as
the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down
in a bed of roses