The Poisoned Rose letra

The poisoned rose
That you gave to me
It left me half alive
And half in ecstasy
But if half of your love
Is all i can win
Give me just a fraction
But no more medicine

The poisoned rose
On a valentine card
That you take straight to the heart
That you call my junkyard

But if all i can do
Is save pieces of you
The piece of your mind
The piece of your heart
Didn't tear me apart
Like the poisoned rose
I received from you

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

The poisoned rose
That 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
'cause i threw away the gin
I threw away your alibis
And all your worn-out clothes
I threw myself upon the floor
But i couldn't throw away
This poisoned rose
This poisoned rose
This poisoned rose

Nick Lowe - Letras

• (I Love The Sound Of) Breaking Glass
• 12-Step Program (To Quit You Babe)
• 14 Days
• 36 Inches High
• 7 Nights To Rock
• A Better Man
• All Men Are Liars
• Basing Street (Bonus Track)
• Born A Woman
• Born Fighter
• Changing All Those Changes
• Checkout Time
• Children Go Where I Send Thee
• Cold Grey Light Of Dawn
• Cracking Up
• Cruel To Be Kind
• Dose Of You
• Drive Thru Man
• Endless Grey Ribbon
• Endless Sleep
• Failed Christian
• Freezing
• Half a Boy And Half a Man
• Haltway To Paradise
• Heart
• Heart Of The City
• Hope For Us All
• House For Sale
• I Don't Want The Night To End
• I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock And Roll
• I Live On A Battlefield
• I Love My Label
• I Must Be Getting Over You
• I Trained Her To Love Me
• I'll Be There
• I'm a Mess
• Indian Queens
• Lead Me Not
• Lonesome Reverie
• Love So Fine
• Lover Don't Go
• Lovers Jamboree
• Man That I've Become
• Marie Provost
• Not Too Long Ago
• Nutted By Reality
• Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart
• People Change
• Ragin' Eyes
• Rome Wasn't Built In a Day
• Sensitive Man
• Shake And Pop
• Shame On The Rain
• She Don't Love Nobody
• Shelley My
• SheS Got Soul
• So It Goes
• Somebody Cares For Me
• Soulful Wind
• Stoplight Roses
• Switchboard Susan
• The Beast In Me
• The Poisoned Rose
• Trail Of Tears
• True Love Travels On A Gravel Road
• When I Write The Book
• Where's My Everything
• Withered On The Vine
• You Got The Look I Like