Capo on 3

[Intro]
    (2x)

[Verse 1]
 
Sitting here w

asted and woun

ded
           
This old piano
        
Trying hard to

 capture the m

oment
              
This morning I

  
 don't know
           
'Cause a bottl

              
e of vodka is 

        
still lodged i

n my head
           
And some blond

 gave me night

mares
              
Think she's st

           
ill in my bed
             
As I dream abo

              
ut movies they

             
 won't make of

             
 me when I'm d

ead

[Verse 2]
        
With an ironcl

ad fist
              
I wake up, and

              
 French kiss t

    
he morning
            
While some mar

ching band kee

psits own beat
              
In my head whi

        
le we're talki

ng
           
About all of t

              
he things, tha

      
t I long to be

lieve
       
About love, th

e truth, what 

you mean to me
          
And the truth 

is
            
Baby, you're a

                
ll that I need

[Refrain 1]
          
I wanna lay
             
You down in a 

      
bed of roses
         
For tonite
             
I sleep on a b

     
ed of nails
              
Oh, I want to 

 
be
          
Just 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
              
Step that I ta

             
ke is on my wa

y home
        
King's ransom 

in dimes
              
Given each nig

              
ht to see thro

          
ugh this payph

one
         
Still I run ou

t of time
         
Or it's hard t

o get through
          
Till the bird 

on the wire
Flies me back to you
      
I'll just clos

e my eyes, whi

sper
            
Baby, blind lo

           
ve is true

[Refrain 2]      
      
I wanna lay
             
You down in a 

      
bed of roses
         
For tonite
             
I sleep on a b

     
ed of nails
              
Oh, I want to 

 
be
          
Just as close 

as
         
The Holy Ghost

 is
          
And lay you do

  
wn
          
  On a bed of 

     
roses

[Bridge]
           
Well this hote

l bar hangover
             
Whiskey's gone

             
 dry the barke

eper's wig's c

rooked
And she's giving me the eye
   
I might have s

aid yeah
             
But I laughed 

             
so hard I thin

          
k I died, uh y

*
eah!...

[Solo] 
    (3x)      G* 

[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 he

           
r spotlight ag

ain
           
Tonite, I won'

t be alone
              
But you know t

              
hat don't mean

          
 I'm not lonel

y
            
I've got nothi

             
ng to prove fo

        
r it's you
             
That I'd die t

       
o defend

[Refrain 3]
          
I wanna lay
             
You down in a 

      
bed of roses
         
For tonite
             
I sleep on a b

     
ed of nails
              
Oh, I want to 

 
be
          
Just as close 

as
         
The Holy Ghost

 is
          
And lay you do

   
wn
          
I wanna lay
             
You down in a 

      
bed of roses
         
For tonite
             
I sleep on a b

  
e...ed of nail

s!
           
I want to be
          
Just as close 

as
         
The Holy Ghost

 is!
       ( 
Lay you down


(   (    
    The bed of


 roses