[Verse 1]
Sitting here wasted and wounded
At this old piano
Trying hard to capture
The moment this morning I don t know
Cause a bottle of Vodka
Is 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 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 baby you re all that I need...
[Chorus]
I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
Oh I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses
[Verse 2]
Well I m so far away
That each step that I take is on my way home
A king s ransom in dimes I d given each night
Just to see through this payphone
Still I run out of time
Or it s 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
[Chorus]
I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
Oh I want to be just as close as
The Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses
[Bridge]
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
[Verse 3]
Now as you close your eyes
Know I ll be thinking 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 nothing to prove
For it s you that I d die to defend
[Chorus]
I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses
