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 NEVER HAD A HOME
AND AN
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY
HAS GOT TO EAT
SHE FOUND ME OUTSIDE
ONE SUNDAY MORNIN'
BEGGIN' 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 LIVIN'
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 KNOWIN'
THAT I REALLY
LOVED HER
OFF LIFE'S
BRAMBLE BUSH
I'D 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 LIVIN'
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 LIVIN'
IS THE ONLY KIND OF LIFE
I UNDERSTAND
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