For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
Well, this hotel bar's hangover, the whiskey's gone dry
About love, the truth and what you mean to me
I wanna lay you down on a bed of roses
And some blond gave me nightmares, I think that she's still in my bed
But I laughed so hard, I think I died
Now as you close your eyes, know I'll be thinking about you
Oh, I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
A king's ransom in dimes I'd given each night
While some marching band keeps it's own beat
Just to see through this payphone
Oo yeah
About all of the things that I long to believe
And lay you down
Well, I'm so far away that each step that I take is on my way home
I wanna lay you down on a bed of roses
Oh, I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
Oh, I wanna be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
I might have said, "Yeah"
As I dream about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead
With an ironclad fist I wake up and French kiss the morning
Tonight, I won't be alone but you know that don't mean I'm not lonely
For tonight I sleep on a bed of nails
While my mistress, she calls me to stand in her spotlight again
'Cause a bottle of Vodka is still lodged in my head
In my head while we're talking
I'll just close my eyes and whisper, "Baby, blind love is true"
And lay you down on a bed of roses
I've got nothing to prove for it's you that I'd die to defend
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
The barkeeper's wig's crooked and she's giving me the eye
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
And the truth is, baby, you're all that I need
I wanna lay you down on a bed of roses
I wanna lay you down on a bed of roses
Still I run out of time or it's hard to get through
