The Statler Brothers Lyrics
"Bed of Roses"

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(Don Reid)

She was called a scarlet woman by the people
Who would go to church but left me in the streets
With no parents of my own, I never had a home
And an eighteen year old boy has got to eat.

She found me outside one Sunday morning
Begging money from a man I didn't know
She took me in and wiped away my childhood
A woman of the streets this lady Rose.

Chorus:
This bed of Roses that I lay on
Where I was taught to be a man
This bed of Roses where I'm livin'
Is the only kind of life I understand.

She was a handsome woman, just thirty-five
Who was spoken to in town by very few
She managed a late evening business
Like most of the town wished they could do.

And I learned all the things that a man should know
From a woman not approved of I suppose
But she died knowing that I really loved her
Of life's bramble bush, I picked a rose.

Chorus:
This bed of Roses that I lay on
Where I was taught to be a man
This bed of Roses where I'm livin'
Is the only kind of life I understand.

Chorus:
This bed of Roses that I lay on
Where I was taught to be a man
This bed of Roses where I'm livin'
Is the only kind of life I understand...
This song is from the album "The Best of the Statler Brothers [Mercury]", "Live and Sold Out [Mercury]", "30th Anniversary Celebration [Mercury]", "Farewell Concert [Compendia]", "Bed of Roses [Mercury]" and "The Definitive Collection [Mercury Nashville]".