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 blond gave me nightmaresm, I think 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 

I want to lay you on a bed of roses 
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails 
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is 
And lay you down on bed of roses 

Well I'm so far away, each step that I take's on my way home 
A king's ransom in dimes I'd given each night 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 

I want to lay you down on a bed of roses 
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails 
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is 
And lay you down on 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 

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 
Tonite 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 

I want to lay you down on a bed of roses 
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails 
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is 
And lay you down... 

I want to lay you down on a bed of roses 
For tonite I sleep on a bed on nails 
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is 
And lay you down on bed of roses