Bed of roses - Bon Jovi

Bed of Roses Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Sittin' here wasted and wounded at this old piano
Tryin' hard to capture the moment, this mornin', I don't know
'Cause a bottle of vodka's 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

[Verse 2]
With an ironclad fist, I wake up and French kiss the mornin'
While some marchin' band keeps its own beat in my head while we're talkin'
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 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 outta time or it's hard to get through
'Til 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 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

[Bridge]
Well, this hotel bar's hangover, whiskey's gone dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked and she's giving me the eye
Well, I might have said, "Yeah"
But I laughed so hard I think I died
Ooh, yeah

[Guitar solo]

[Verse 4]
Now as you close your eyes, know I'll be thinkin' 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 nothin' to prove, for 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
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