Black roses on the ground Empty bottles on the table Silhouettes of people dancing To an unfamiliar sound Hello stranger Can I call you a friend? My friend, I'm going down With empty bottles on the table Wake up in the morning feeling like I'm not awake

She shot me right down She shot me right away What if I told you Don't leave me alone baby (She shot me right away) I want hold of shotguns and roses Shot me now I'm down oowee I'm alone and I need another round You're like the bullet to my holster

Turned into my worst phobia A crazy man's utopia If you're lost no one can show ya But it sure was glad to know ya Only poor boys take a chance On the garden's song and dance Feel her flowers as they wrap around But only smart boys do without

Take me down little Susie, take me down I know you think you're the queen of the underground And you can send me dead flowers every morning And I won't forget to put roses on your grave Send me dead flowers by the mail Send me dead flowers to my wedding

Your hair messed up like a Guns-N-Roses video Ooh ooh so hot Still got it up in my head, you were moving around in the TV light I said "Hey hey baby do you wanna come over?" You say "No way", then you move in closer Next thing I know you were wearing my

'Cause when you're conquering my day and night Easing the pain inside Keep the bad things out of my mind, out of my mind Got me loving, all of the time I don't mind wasting time Let's stop and smell the roses Are we going round in circles Are we running

Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah I'm a man of wealth and taste Please allow me to introduce myself I've been around for a long, long year Stole many a man's soul and faith And I was 'round when Jesus Christ Had his moment of doubt

Can you understand my meaning hidden in the roses around my eyes I want you to know how much it means to have you in my life Your love brings me close again in this instance when our worlds collide The wire of eternity twists around us I can feel this

And I know I'm gonna steal her eye My sun-eyed girl She doesn't even know what's wrong And I know I'm gonna make her die Take her where her soul belongs I saw her, yeah I saw her with her black tongue tied Round the roses Fist pounding on a vending