[Intro]
             (x4)

[Verse 1]
             
Sitting here w

              
asted and woun

              
ded at this ol

 
d piano
             
Trying hard to

              
 capture the m

              
oment this mor

            
ning I don't k

now
             
'Cause a bottl

              
e of vodka is 

     
still lodged i

n my head
             
And some blond

              
e gave me nigh

              
tmares, I thin

              
k that she's s

           
till in my bed
              
As I dream abo

              
ut movies, the

             
y won't make o

              
f me when I'm 

     
dead.

[Verse 2]
             
With an ironcl

              
ad fist I wake

              
 up and French

         
 Kiss the morn

ing
             
While some mar

              
ching band kee

              
ps its own bea

              
t in my head w

          
hile we're tal

king
             
About all of t

              
he things that

   
 I long to bel

ieve
             
About love, th

              
e truth, what 

              
you mean to me

          
, and the trut

h is
             
Baby, you're a

             
ll that I need

  
.

[Chorus]
           
I wanna lay yo

            
u down in a be

       
d of roses
           
For tonight I 

            
sleep on a bed

       
 of nails, Ooo

h
             
I wanna be jus

             
t as close as 

             
the Holy Ghost

 
 is
          
And lay you do

             
wn on a bed of

   
 roses.

[Verse 3]
             
Well I'm so fa

              
r away that ea

              
ch step that I

              
 take is on my

    
 way home
             
A king's ranso

              
m in dimes I'd

              
 give each nig

              
ht just to see

             
 through this 

payphone
             
Still I run ou

              
t of time or i

    
t's hard to ge

t through
              
Till the bird 

              
on the wire fl

             
ies me back to

              
 you I'll just

              
 close my eyes

     
 and whisper,
             
Baby, blind lo

           
ve is true

[Chorus]
           
I wanna lay yo

            
u down in a be

       
d of roses
           
For tonight I 

            
sleep on a bed

       
 of nails, Ohh

h
             
I wanna be jus

             
t as close as 

             
the Holy Ghost

 
 is
          
And lay you do

             
wn on a bed of

   
 roses.

[Bridge]
             
Well this hote

              
l bar's hangov

     
er whiskey's g

one dry

The barkeeper'

s wig's crooke

d, and she's g

iving me the e

ye

Well I might h

ave said yeah
              
But I laughed 

             
so hard I thin

             
k I died... Oo

    
h yeah!

[Verse 4]
             
Now as you clo

              
se your eyes, 

              
know I'll be t

             
hinking about 

you
             
While my mistr

              
ess she calls 

              
me to stand in

              
 her spotlight

  
 again
             
Tonight, I won

              
't be alone to

              
 know that don

              
't mean I'm no

      
t lonely
           
I've got nothi

         
ng to prove
             
For it's you t

              
hat I'd die to

         
 defend

[Chorus]
           
I wanna lay yo

            
u down in a be

       
d of roses
           
For tonight I 

            
sleep on a bed

       
 of nails, Ohh

h
             
I wanna be jus

             
t as close as 

             
the Holy Ghost

 
 is
          
And lay you do


wn...

[Outro] (x2)
         
Bed of Roses.