Flowers And Thorns

Lyrics

In a house somewhere in England Lived once a beautiful maiden She made a vow but was forsaken In silk slippers and in lace They met when hearts were young and true And made love in the morning dew In a silver locket she kept him near And of the future she had no fear You can not have the flower without the thorn The scent is oh, so sweet, but when it's gone Roses leave falling petals Leaves of passion left to shrivel You can't have the flower without the thorn The ivy climbed the red brick walls And built a cage where no man calls Her heart grew slowly colder As the icing on the wedding cake got older Misfortune etched her name in stone Condemned to live her life alone She wore jewels that told of bitter years Rubies for passion pale pearls for tears You can not have the flower without the thorn... Winter covered her heart Like frost in the night She lived in darkness Kept out the light