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The poisoned rose
<noinclude>{{Lyrics for|Poisoned Rose}}</noinclude>
 
The poisoned rose<br>
That you gave to me
That you gave to me<br>
 
It left me half alive<br>
It left me half alive
And half in ecstasy<br>
 
But if half of your love<br>
And half in ecstasy
Is all I can win<br>
 
Give me just a fraction<br>
But if half of your love
But no more medicine<br>
 
<br>
Is all I can win
The poisoned rose<br>
 
On a Valentine card<br>
Give me just a fraction
That you take straight to the heart<br>
 
That you call my junkyard<br>
But no more medicine
<br>
 
But if all I can do<br>
 
Is save pieces of you<br>
 
The piece of your mind<br>
The poisoned rose
The piece of your heart<br>
 
Didn't tear me apart<br>
On a Valentine card
Like the poisoned rose<br>
 
I received from you<br>
That you take straight to the heart
<br>
 
I don't know<br>
That you call my junkyard
How we came to grow<br>
 
Into this very sad affair<br>
 
Every time we do the decent thing<br>
 
Somebody spikes the drink<br>
But if all I can do
And a single becomes a pair<br>
 
<br>
Is save pieces of you
The poisoned rose<br>
 
That you wear at your best<br>
The piece of your mind
That I keep pressed between the white sheets<br>
 
Where you lie half undressed<br>
The piece of your heart
<br>
 
I threw away my shirt and shoes<br>
Didn't tear me apart
You looked and I dived in<br>
 
It's just you and me now<br>
Like the poisoned rose
'Cause I threw away the gin<br>
 
I threw away your alibis<br>
I received from you
And all your worn-out clothes<br>
 
I threw myself upon the floor<br>
 
But I couldn't throw away<br>
 
This poisoned rose<br>
I don't know
This poisoned rose<br>
 
This poisoned rose<br>
How we came to grow
 
Into this very sad affair
 
Every time we do the decent thing
 
Somebody spikes the drink
 
And a single becomes a pair
 
 
 
The poisoned rose
 
That you wear at your best
 
That I keep pressed between the white sheets
 
Where you lie half undressed
 
 
 
I threw away my shirt and shoes
 
You looked and I dived in
 
It's just you and me now
 
'Cause I threw away the gin
 
I threw away your alibis
 
And all your worn-out clothes
 
I threw myself upon the floor
 
But I couldn't throw away
 
This poisoned rose
 
This poisoned rose
 
This poisoned rose

Latest revision as of 21:18, 1 May 2009

lyrics for
Poisoned Rose

The poisoned rose
That you gave to me
It left me half alive
And half in ecstasy
But if half of your love
Is all I can win
Give me just a fraction
But no more medicine

The poisoned rose
On a Valentine card
That you take straight to the heart
That you call my junkyard

But if all I can do
Is save pieces of you
The piece of your mind
The piece of your heart
Didn't tear me apart
Like the poisoned rose
I received from you

I don't know
How we came to grow
Into this very sad affair
Every time we do the decent thing
Somebody spikes the drink
And a single becomes a pair

The poisoned rose
That you wear at your best
That I keep pressed between the white sheets
Where you lie half undressed

I threw away my shirt and shoes
You looked and I dived in
It's just you and me now
'Cause I threw away the gin
I threw away your alibis
And all your worn-out clothes
I threw myself upon the floor
But I couldn't throw away
This poisoned rose
This poisoned rose
This poisoned rose