Sitting here wasted and wounded
At this old piano
Trying hard to capture
The moment this morning I dont know
Cause a bottle of vodka
Is still lodged in my head
And some blonde gave me nightmares
I think that shes still in my bed
As I dream about movies
They wont make of me when Im dead
With an ironclad fist
I wake up and french kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps
Its own beat in my head
While were talking
About all of the things that I long to believe
About love and the truth and what you mean to me
And the truth is, baby youre all that I need
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
Well Im so far away
That each step that I take is on my way home
A kings ransom in dimes Id given each night
Just to see through this payphone
Still I run out of time
Or its hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
Ill just close my eyes and whisper
Baby blind love is true
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
Well, this hotel bars hangover whiskeys gone dry
The barkeepers wigs crooked
And shes giving me the eye
I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I died, ooh yeah
Now as you close your eyes
Know Ill be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me
To stand in her spotlight again
Tonight I wont be alone
But you know that dont mean Im not lonely
Ive got nothing to prove
For its you that Id die to defend
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 on a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down
On a bed of roses
Songwriters: Jon Bon Jovi