[Verse 1]
 
Sitting here w

asted and woun

ded
              
At this old pi


ano
       
Trying hard to

 capture
              
The moment thi

            
s morning I do

n't know
        
Cause a bottle

 of Vodka
         
Is still lodge

d in my head
         
And some blond

e gave me nigh

tmares
              
I think that s

              
he's still in 

   
my bed
     
As I dream abo

ut movies
             
They won't mak

              
e of me when I

   
'm dead

[Verse 2]
        
With an ironcl

ad fist I wake

 up and
              
French kiss th

   
e morning
           
While some mar

ching band kee

ps its own bea

t in my head
           
While we're ta

lking
            
About all of t

              
he things that

   
 I long to bel

ieve
      
About love, th

e truth and wh

at you mean to

 me
             
And the truth 

             
is baby you're

            
 all that I ne

    
ed

[Chorus]
            
I wanna lay yo

            
u down in a be

      
d of roses
            
For tonight I 

            
sleep on a bed

      
 of nails
             
Oh, I wanna be

             
 just as close

             
 as the Holy G


host is
       
And lay you  d

/            
own on a bed o

  
f roses

[Verse 3]
          
Well, I'm so f

ar away
              
Each step that

              
 I take's on m

  
y way home
         
A king's ranso

m in dimes I'd

 give each nig

ht
              
Just to see th

           
rough this pay

phone
        
Still I run ou

t of time
        
Or it's hard t

o get through
         
Till the bird 

on the wire fl

ies me back to

 you
     
I'll just clos

e 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
             
Oh, I wanna be

           
 just as close

 as
         
The Holy Ghost

 is
       
And lay you  d

/            
own on a bed o

        
f roses

[Bridge]
             
Well, this hot

              
el bar hangove

  
r whiskey's go

ne dry
       
The barkeeper'

s wig's crooke

d
          
And she's givi

ng me the eye
        
Well, I might 

have said yeah
             
But I laughed 

             
so hard I thin

         
k I died

(Solo)

[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
          
Tonight I won'

t be alone

But you know that don't
             
Mean I'm not l

onely
            
I got nothing 

   
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
             
I wanna be jus

             
t as close as 

          
the Holy Ghost

 is
       
And lay you  d

/       
own

            
I wanna lay yo

            
u down in a be

      
d of roses
            
For tonight I 

            
sleep on a bed

     
 of nails
             
I wanna be jus

             
t as close as 

          
the Holy Ghost

 is
       
And lay you  d

/            
own on a bed o

  
f roses