Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair With the roses so red and the lilies so fair And the myrtle so bright with the emerald hue The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue Oh I'll dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay I will

'Cause I'm still breathing 'Cause I'm still breathing on my own My head's above the rain and roses Oh, I'm still alive Making my way away Making my way, away, away Just shine a light into the wreckage, so far away, away My way to you I'm like a child

For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses Oh, I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is And lay you down on a bed of roses And lay you down Sitting here wasted and wounded At this old piano Trying hard to capture

It's alright, it's alright Told you once about your friends And neighbors They were always seeking But they'll never find it Where to go and where to see It's always been this way And it can never be Give it all and ask for no return

Nice boys don't play rock and roll Protected by a million flies She hit town like a rose in bloom Smellin' sweet, said sweet perfume The color faded and the petals died Down in the city, no one cried In the streets, the garbage lies The roaches so big

You could be mine But you're way out of line With your bitch slap rappin' And your cocaine tongue You get nuthin' done 'Cause you could be mine I said you could be mine I'm a cold heartbreaker Fit ta burn and I'll rip your heart in two

I said me, uh When the lawyer asked me what a fuckin' killer was When the bitch asked me what a real nigga was Overseas in a yacht, they askin' who it was Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens I said me, haha, yeah Bright copper kettles and warm

I used to love her, oh yeah but I had to kill her I used to love her but I had to kill her And I can still hear her complain She bitched so much, she drove me nuts I had to put her six feet under I used to love her, yeah but I had to kill her I knew I'll

A thousand miles away from that speed trap town She said, "It's none of my business but it breaks my heart" Dropped a dozen cheap roses in my shopping cart Made it out to the truck without breaking down Everybody knows you in a speed trap town Well it's

I gave it all for you Why did I fall for you? Roses are red (check), violets are blue (check) My heart is dead (check), I'm such a fool (check) Say you want my love and I believe you But every look you give, it's like I'm see-through Show me that you