she was called a scarlet woman by the people who would goto church but left me in the streets with no parents of my own, i never had a home but an eighteen year old boy has got to eat
she found me outside one sunday morning begging money from a man i did't know she took me in and wiped away my childhood a woman of the streets this lady rose
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'll 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 suppse she died knowing that I really loved her from life's bramble bush i picked a rose 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'll understand
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'll understand
[00:04.810]she was called a scarlet woman by the people [00:09.210]who would goto church but left me in the streets [00:13.870]with no parents of my own, i never had a home [00:18.850]but an eighteen year old boy has got to eat [00:22.070] [00:23.500]she found me outside one sunday morning [00:27.770]begging money from a man i did't know [00:32.690]she took me in and wiped away my childhood [00:37.570]a woman of the streets this lady rose [00:41.070] [00:42.250]this bed of roses that i lay on [00:46.710]where i was taught to be a man [00:51.310]this bed of roses where i'm livin' [00:56.670]is the only kind of life i'll understand [00:59.830] [01:05.400]she was a handsome woman just thirty-five [01:10.240]who was spoken to in town by very few [01:15.510]she managed a late evening business [01:19.510]like most of the town wished they could do [01:23.040] [01:24.120]and i learned all the things that a man should know [01:28.570]from a woman not approved of,i suppse [01:33.290]she died knowing that I really loved her [01:38.040]from life's bramble bush i picked a rose [01:43.080]this bed of roses that i lay on [01:47.240]where i was taught to be a man [01:51.770]this bed of roses where i'm livin' [01:56.180]is the only kind of life i'll understand [02:01.100] [02:01.440]this bed of roses that i lay on [02:05.530]where i was taught to be a man [02:10.270]this bed of roses where i'm livin' [02:14.640]is the only kind of life i'll understand