Sitting here wasted and wounded at this old piano
Sitting here, dazed and curled up at this old piano
Trying hard to capture the moment this morning I don't know
Trying to understand the events of this morning that I don't understand
'Cause a bottle of vodka's still lodged in my head
Cause a bottle of vodka still lodged in my head
And some blondes gave me nightmares,
And some blondes gave me nightmares
I think that she's still in my bed
I think right now she's still in my bed
As I dream about movies
As I dream about movies
They won't make of me when I'm dead
That won't be made for me when I die
With an ironclad fist, I wake up and french kiss the morning
With a strong fist, I wake up and kiss this morning
br/>While some marching band keeps its own beat in my head
While some marching band keeps ringing in my head
While we're talking about all of the things that I long to believe,
When we talk about things I want to believe
About love, the truth, what you mean to me
About love, the truth, what you mean to me
And the truth is, baby you're all that I need.
And honestly you're all I need
I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
I want to lay you down in a bed of flowers
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
Because tonight I'm going to sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as, the Holy Ghost is,
I want to be as close as the Holy Ghost
And lay you down on a bed of roses.
And lay you down on a bed of flowers
Well I'm so far away
I'm so far away
Each step that I take is on my way home
Every step I take is a step back
A king's ransom in dimes I'd give each night
I'd give a ransom every night
To see through this payphone
To finish the conversation via this public telephone
Still I run out of time or it's hard to get through
Still my time runs out or it's hard to end
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
Until the bird on the wire takes me flying to you
I'll just close my eyes and whisper, baby blind love is true
I'll close my eyes and whisper, baby blind love is real
The hotel bar hangover whiskey's gone dry
The dizzying whiskey of the hotel bar has dried up
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
The barmaid's wig has gone dry
And she's giving me the eye
And he gave me that look
Well I might have said yeah
Maybe I already said
But I laughed so hard I think I died
But I laughed so hard I thought I died
/>Now as you close your eyes
Now as you close your eyes
know I'll be thinking about you
(You) know I'll be thinking about you
while my mistress she calls me to stand in her spotlight again
When my mistress calls me to stand in her spotlight again
Tonight, I won't be alone
Tonight, I won't be alone
But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely
But you know that doesn't mean I'm not lonely
I've got nothing to prove
I have nothing to prove
For it's you that I 'd die to defend
Because to defend you I am willing to die