SHE WAS CALLED
A SCARLET WOMAN
BY THE PEOPLE
WHO WOULD GO TO CHURCH
BUT LEFT ME IN THE STREETS
AND WITH NO
PARENTS OF MY OWN
I'D NEVER HAD A HOME
AND AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY
HAS GOT TO EAT
SHE FOUND ME OUTSIDE
ONE SUNDAY MORNING
BEGGING MONEY FROM A MAN
I DIDN'T KNOW
SHE TOOK ME IN
AND WIPED AWAY MY CHILDHOOD
A WOMAN OF THE STREETS
THIS LADY ROSE
THIS BED OF ROSE'S
THAT I LAY ON
WHERE I... WAS TAUGHT
TO BE A MAN
THIS BED OF ROSE'S
WHERE I'M LIVING
IS THE ONLY KIND OF LIFE
I UNDERSTAND
SHE WAS A HANDSOME WOMAN
JUST THIRTY-FIVE
WHO WAS SPOKEN TO IN TOWN
BY VERY FEW
SHE MANAGED
A LATE EVENING BUSINESS
LIKE MOST OF THE TOWN
WISHED THEY COULD DO
AND I LEARNED ALL THE THINGS
THAT A MAN SHOULD KNOW
FROM A WOMAN
NOT APPROVED OF, I SUPPOSE
BUT SHE DIED KNOWING
THAT I REALLY LOVED HER
OFF LIFE'S BRAMBLE BUSH
I PICKED A ROSE
THIS BED OF ROSE'S
THAT I LAY ON
WHERE I... WAS TAUGHT
TO BE A MAN
THIS BED OF ROSE'S
WHERE I'M LIVING
IS THE ONLY KIND OF LIFE
I UNDERSTAND
THIS BED OF ROSE'S
THAT I LAY ON
WHERE I... WAS TAUGHT
TO BE A MAN
THIS BED OF ROSE'S
WHERE I'M LIVING
IS THE ONLY KIND OF LIFE
I UNDERSTAND
OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH...