Bed of Roses (The Quarantine Sessions)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Sitting here wasted and wounded at this old piano Trying hard to capture the moment this morning I don't know 'Cause this bottle of vodka is still lodged in my head And some blonde gave me nightmares; I think that she's still in my bed As I dream about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead With an ironclad fist I wake up and French kiss the morning While some marching band keeps its own beat in my head while we're talking About all of the things that I long to believe About love, the truth, what you mean to me And the truth is, baby, you're all that I need [Chorus] I wanna 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 Ghost is And lay you down in a bed of roses [Verse 2] Well I'm so far away, each step that I take is on my way home A king's ransom in dimes, given each night to see through this payphone Still I run out of time or it's hard to get through Till the bird on the wire flies me to you I'll just close my eyes, baby, blind love is true [Chorus] I wanna 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 Ghost is And lay you down on a bed of roses [Verse 3] Well this hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry The barkeeper's wig's crooked as she's giving me the eye I might have said yeah But I laughed so hard I think I died [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Now as you close your eyes, know I'll be thinking 'bout you While my mistress she calls me to stand in her spotlight again Tonight I won't be alone but know that don't mean I'm not lonely I've got nothing to prove 'cause it's you that I'd die to defend [Chorus] I wanna 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 Ghost is And lay you down on a bed of roses Lay you down on a bed of roses