Bed of Roses (TLFR)
Jon Bon Jovi

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
Some blond gave me nightmares
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 to 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 still long to believe
The love, the truth and what you mean to me
The truth is… baby, you're all that I need

I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails
And I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses

I'm so far away, each step that I take is on my way home
King's ransom in dimes
I'd give just 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 back to you
I'll just close my eyes and whisper… baby, blind love is true

I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails
And I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses

The hotel bar hangover whiskey went dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked, she's givin’ me the eye
I might have said yes, but I laughed till I cried

Solo

When you close your eyes know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me to stand in her spotlight again
Tonite 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 I'd die to defend

I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails
I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses

Ooh… oh oh oh, ooh… oh oh, oh-oh
Oh… oh oh, mm-mm-mm, mm-mm
And lay you down…

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