I've walked the distance
I paid my dues and
I tried to have a go at
what I thought
I knew was real
held no appeal
I've been to places
I've seen the tidings
I bought a book of rules
for every coin
that I could steal
And so I came to gaze
upon the stars
when they were yet unborn
and consequently tear at
my old scars
and the mask I had outworn
So when I'm crying alone
Yeah when I'm cold
as a dying stone
Grow me a garden of roses
Paint me the colors
of sky and rain
Teach me to speak
with their voices
Show me the way
and I'll try again
I heard the rumors
I started fires
I sowed a sordid
lot of plays for keeps
for what I need
Behold the demons
that I freed
I've tried my best at
wearing the hard hat
but healing doesn't
seem to happen when you
hide away the seed
And so I came across
the medicine man
and he showed me
what I'd forlorn
For if I'm stayed
it happens by my own hand
and my own voice
full of scorn
So when I'm crying alone
Yeah when I'm cold
as a dying stone
Grow me a garden of roses
Paint me the colors
of sky and rain
Teach me to speak
with their voices
Show me the way
and I'll try again
Without you I am
nothing at all
and life has the face
of a morbid game
With you nothing
is impossible
It all seems to
fit the frame
So when I'm crying alone
Yeah when I'm cold
as a dying stone
Grow me a garden of roses
Paint me the colors
of sky and rain
Teach me to speak
with their voices
Show me the way
and I'll try again
Grow me a garden of roses
Paint me the colors
of sky and rain
Teach me to speak
with their voices
Show me the way
and I'll try again
Grow me a garden of roses
Paint me the colors
of sky and rain
Teach me to speak
with their voices
