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 want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonite I sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
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 given each night
Just to see through this payphone
Still I run out of 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

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

Well 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 as 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 that I’d die to defend

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

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

It`s been raining since you left me
Now I`m drowning in the flood
You see I`ve always been a fighter
But without you I give up

I can`t sing a love song
Like the way it`s meant to be
Well, I guess I`m not that good anymore
But baby, that`s just me

And I will love you, baby – Always
And I`ll be there forever and a day – Always
I`ll be there till the stars don`t shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don`t rhyme
And I know when I die, you`ll be on my mind
And I`ll love you – Always

Now your pictures that you left behind
Are just memories of a different life
Some that made us laugh, some that made us cry
One that made you have to say goodbye
What I`d give to run my fingers through your hair
To touch your lips, to hold you near
When you say your prayers try to understand
I`ve made mistakes, I`m just a man

When he holds you close, when he pulls you near
When he says the words you`ve been needing to hear
I`ll wish I was him `cause those words are mine
To say to you till the end of time

Yeah, I will love you baby – Always
And I`ll be there forever and a day – Always

If you told me to cry for you
I could
If you told me to die for you
I would
Take a look at my face
There`s no price I won`t pay
To say these words to you

Well, there ain`t no luck
In these loaded dice
But baby if you give me just one more try
We can pack up our old dreams
And our old lives
We`ll find a place where the sun still shines

And I will love you, baby – Always
And I`ll be there forever and a day – Always
I`ll be there till the stars don`t shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don`t rhyme
And I know when I die, you`ll be on my mind
And I`ll love you – Always