Blood And Roses

The Smithereens

It was long ago, it seems like yesterday
Saw you standing in the rain
Then I heard you say

I want to love, but it comes out wrong
I want to live, but I don't belong
I close my eyes and I see blood and roses

Wild flowers in the springtime
October we were wed
In winter time the roses died
Her blood ran cold and then she said

I want to love, but it comes out wrong
I want to live, but I don't belong
I close my eyes and I see blood and roses

It was long ago, it seems like yesterday
I saw you standing in the rain
Then I heard you say

I need your love, but it comes out wrong
I tried to live, but I don't belong
I close my eyes and I see blood and roses
Blood and roses (roses)
Blood and roses (roses)
Blood and roses (roses)


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    Good song. I moved to New Jersey a couple of years ago...it amazes me that people here still love freakin Bon Jovi, but this band, also from the garden state (btw, I seen a lot more chemical treatment plants, landfills and toxic waste disposal sites than gardens, but that's another story) is so relatively obscure.

    LaMuerteon August 04, 2006   Link

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