Sitting here wasted and wounded at this old piano Trying hard to capture the moment this morning i don't know 'cause a bottle of vodka is still lodged in my head And some blond 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 and what you mean to me And the truth is, baby, you're all that i need I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses For tonight i sleep on a bed of nails Oh and I wanna be just as close as the holy ghost yeah And lay you down on a bed of roses Well I'm so far away That each step that i take is on my way home A king's ransom in dimes i'd give each night Just to see through this payphone Still I run out of time or it's hard to get through Till this bird on the wire flies me back to you And I'll just close my eyes (and whisper) Baby blind love is true I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails Oh and I wanna be just, as close as, the holy ghost yeah Lay you down on a bed of roses Whell this hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry The barkeeper's wig's crooked And she's giving me the eye I might have said yeah But I laughed so hard I think I died Now when you close your eyes you know I'll be thinking about you While my mistress she calls me to stand in her spotlight again tonight I won't be alone but you know that don't mean I'm not lonely I've got nothing to prove For it's you that I'd die to defend I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails Oh and I wanna be just, as close as, the holy ghost yeah Lay you down on a bed of roses I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails Oh and I wanna be just, as close as, the holy ghost yeah Lay you down on a bed of roses