Sitting here wasted and wounded br At this old piano br Trying hard to capture br The moment this morning I don't know br 'Cause a bottle of vodka br Is still lodged in my head br And some blonde gave me nightmares br I think that she's still in my bed br As I dream about movies br They won't make of me when I'm dead br br With an ironclad fist I wake up and br French kiss the morning br While some marching band keeps br Its own beat in my head br While we're talking br About all of the things that I long to believe br About love and the truth and br What you mean to me br And the truth is baby you're all that I need br br I want to lay you down in a bed of roses br For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails br I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is br And lay you down on a bed of roses br br Well I'm so far away br That each step that I take is on my way home br A king's ransom in dimes I'd given each night br Just to see through this payphone br Still I run out of time br Or it's hard to get through br Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you br I'll just close my eyes and whisper, br Baby blind love is true br br I want to lay you down in a bed of roses br For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails br I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is br And lay you down on a bed of roses br br The hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry br The barkeeper's wig's crooked br And she's giving me the eye br I might have said yeah br But I laughed so hard I think I died br br Now as you close your eyes br Know I'll be thinking about you br While my mistress she calls me br To stand in her spotlight again br Tonite I won't be alone br But you know that don't br Mean I'm not lonely I've got nothing to prove br For it's you that I'd die to defend br br I want to lay you down in a bed of roses ...