Roses

Verse 1:

I've walked the distance, I paid my dues and tried to have a go

At what I thought I knew was real, held no appeal

I've been to places, I've seen the tidings,

I bought a book of rules

for every coin that I could steal

Verse 2:

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

Pre-Chorus:

So when I'm crying alone

Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone

Chorus:

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

Verse 3:

I've heard the rumors, started fires,

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

Behold the demons that I freed

I've tried my best at wearing the hard hat,

But healing doesn't seem to happen when you

Away the seed

Verse 4:

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

Pre-Chorus:

So when I'm crying alone

Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone

Chorus:

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

Bridge:

Without you I'm nothing at all

And life has the face of a morbid game

With you nothing is impossible

It all seems to fit the frame

Pre-Chorus:

So when I'm crying alone

Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone

Chorus:

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