Roses

I walked the distance, I paid my dues

And I try to have a go where what I thought I knew was real

Held no appeal

I been to places, I seen the tidin's

I bought a book of rules for every coin that I could steal

And so I came to gaze upon the stars

When they were yet unborn, and

Consequently tear at my old scars

And the mask I had outworn

So when I'm cryin' alone

Yeah, when I'm cold as a dyin' stone

Grow me a garden of roses

Paint me the colors of sky and rain

Teach me to speak with their voices

Show me the way, and I'll try again

Doo, doo, doo, doo

Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo

I heard the rumors that started fires

I sowed a sordid lot of plays for keeps for what I need

Behold the demons that I freed

I tried my best at wearing my hardhat

But healing doesn't seem to happen when you hide away the seed

And so I came across the medicine man

And he showed me what I'd forlorn

For if I'm stayed, it happens by my own hand

And my own voice full of scorn

So when I'm cryin' alone

Yeah, when I'm cold as a dyin' stone

Grow me a garden of roses

Paint me the colors of sky and rain

Teach me to speak with their voices

Show me the way, and I'll try again

Without you, I am nothin' at all

And life has the face of a morbid game

With you, nothin' is impossible

It all seems to fit the frame

So when I'm cryin' alone

Yeah, when I'm cold as a dyin' stone

Grow me a garden of roses

Paint me the colors of sky and rain

Teach me to speak with their voices

Show me the way, and I'll try again

Grow me a garden of roses

Paint me the colors of sky and rain

Teach me to speak with their voices

Show me the way, and I'll try again

Grow me a garden of roses

Paint me the colors of sky and rain

Teach me to speak with their voices

Show me the way, and I'll try again