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The Statler Brothers - Bed of Roses (Man in Black: Live in Denmark)
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Harold Wilson Reid
Harold Wilson Reid
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jerry Kennedy
Jerry Kennedy
Producer
Tom Sparkman
Tom Sparkman
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
She was called a scarlet woman by the people
Who would go to church but left me in the streets
With no parents of my own, I never had a home
And an eighteen year old boy has got to eat
[Verse 2]
She found me outside one Sunday morning
Begging money from a man I didn't know
She took me in and wiped away my childhood
A woman of the streets, this Lady Rose
[Verse 3]
This bed of roses that I lay on
Where I was taught to be a man
This bed of roses where I'm livin'
Is the only kind of life I understand
[Verse 4]
She was a handsome woman, just thirty-five
Who was spoken to in town by very few
She managed a late evening business
Like most of the town wished they could do
[Verse 5]
And I learned all the things that a man should know
From a woman not approved of, I suppose
But she died knowing that I really loved her
Off life's bramble bush, I picked a rose
[Verse 6]
This bed of roses that I lay on
Where I was taught to be a man
This bed of roses where I'm livin'
Is the only kind of life I understand
This bed of roses that I lay on
Where I was taught to be a man
This bed of roses where I'm livin'
Is the only kind of life I understand
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Written by: Harold Wilson Reid

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