Sitting here wasted and wounded
at this old piano
trying hard to capture the moment
this morning I don't know
cause abottle of vodka still lodged in my head
and some blond gave me nightmares,
I think that she's still in my bed
as I dream about movies
they wont make of me when I'm dead
with an ironclad fist 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 things that i long to believe
about love and the truth
and what you mean to me
and the truth is you're all that I need
I wanna lay you down on abed of roses
for tonite I'd sleep on abed of nails
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
each step that I take is on my way home
a king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night
just to see through this payphone
still I run out of time
or its 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 wanna lay you down on abed of roses
for tonite I'd sleep on abed of nails
I wanna be just as close as
the Holy Ghost is
and lay you down on a bed of roses
The 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
When you close your eyes
know I'll be thinking about you
while my mistress she calls me
to stand in her spotlight again
tonite I won't be alone
but you know tha don't mean I'm not lonely
I've got nothing to prove
for its you that I'd die to defend
I wanna lay you down on abed of roses
for tonite I'd sleep on abed of nails
I wanna be just as close as
the Holy Ghost is
and lay you down on a bed of roses
