Chords:
    - x1333x
     - 133211
    - x02210
     - x32010
    - x00231
 - xx3311


[Verse 1]

            
Sitting here w

              
asted and woun

              
ded at this ol

    
d piano
            
Trying hard to

              
 capture the m

              
oment, this mo

         
rning I don't 

know
            
'Cause a bottl

              
e of vodka's s

       
till lodged in

 my head and s

ome
             
Blonde gave me

              
 nightmares, t

         
hink that she'

             
s still in my 


bed
              
As I dream abo

              
ut movies they

             
 won't make of

              
 me when I'm d

 
ead


[Verse 2]

(as verse 1)

With an iron clad fist I wake up and frnch kiss the morning

While some marching band keeps its own beat in my head while were talking

About all of the things that I long to believe

About love, the truth and what you mean to me

            
And the truth 

              
is, baby you'r

             
e all that I n

 
eed


[Chorus]

(Richie sings backround vocals three steps higher)
            
I want to lay 

             
you down in a 

        
bed 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 do

            
wn on a bed of

   
 roses


[Verse 3]

Well I'm so far away, each step that I take's on my way home

A king's ransom in dimes, I'd give each night to see through this payphone

Still I run out if time it's hard to get through

Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you

I'll just close my eyes, and whisper baby blind love is true


[Chorus]

            
I want to lay 

             
you down in a 

        
bed 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 do

            
wn on a bed of

    
 roses


[Bridge]

           
Well this hote

              
l bar's hangov

        
er whiskey's r

an dry
            
The bar keeper

's wig's crook

ed and she's g

ivin' me the e

ye
            
Well I might h

              
ave said yes, 

             
but I laughed,

          
 till I died



[Interlude]

             x4

(same rhythm as the chorus)


[Breakdown]

            
Now as you clo

              
se your eyes, 

              
you know I'll 

              
be thinking ab

   
out you
            
While my mistr

              
ess, she calls

              
 me to stand i

              
n her spotligh

    
t again
             
Tonight, I won

             
't be alone, t

              
o know that do

              
n't mean I'm n

   
ot lonely
            
I've got nothi

             
n' to prove fo

            
r it's you tha

              
t I'd die to d

  
efend


[Chorus]

            
I want to lay 

             
you down in a 

        
bed 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 do

            
wn on a bed of

   
 roses

            
I want to lay 

             
you down in a 

        
bed 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 do

            
wn on a bed of

   
 roses