Poisoned Rose Songtext

von Nick Lowe

The poisoned rose
That you gave to me
It left me half alive, and
Half in ecstasy

But if just half your love
Is all I can win
Give me just a fraction
And no more medicine

The poisoned rose
On a Valentine's card
That you take straight to the heart, that
You call my junkyard

But if all I can do
Is save pieces of you
Piece of your mind
A piece of your heart

Didn't tear me apart
Like the poisoned rose
That I received from you

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

The poisoned rose
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 darlin
And you know why
'Cause I threw away the gin
I talk to the garbage man
And took away your alibi
All your worn-out clothes
I even threw myself down on the ground but
I couldn't bring myself
To throw away
The rose
The poisoned rose
The poisoned rose