Bette Of Roses

I see so many golden women;
When they walk their feet don't touch the ground.
How i want, how i want to deserve you.
But me, i'm always out of rhythm.
My needs too demanding, too proud.
How i want, how i want to deserve you.

I didn't want you to see me like this.
The light of the dawn can be cruel.
How i want, how i want to deserve you.
And if i could be granted a wish,
I'd shine in your eye like a jewel.
How i want to deserve you.

I would die for you.
Could you ever love me that much?
How i want, how i want to deserve you.
Yes, you tell me this,
And i want to believe that it's true.
Aah, how i want, how i want to deserve you.

I didn't want you to see me like this.
I'm weak and i fight like a fool.
How i want, how i want to deserve you.
And if i could be granted a wish,
I'd shine in your eye like a jewel.
How i want to deserve you.

If i could be your angel
I'd trade in my arms for some wings
To keep you close to me.
And if i could trade my voice
For the silence i know that you need.
Aaaah, how i want, how i want to deserve you.

I didn't want you to see me like this.
So frightened of losing so soon.
How i want, how i want to deserve you.
And if i've caught our love in a grip,
Just tell me and i'll shake it loose.
How i want to deserve you.

Oh, na na na na na.
Oh, ohhhhh.
How i want to deserve you.
Na na na na na na na.
Whoa, ohhhhh.
How i want to deserve you.
Oh, i want to deserve you.
Na na na na na na . . .

If i close my eyes,
Take my time,
I can almost feel your lips against mine.
If i close my eyes,
Drift away,
I can almost see us back there smiling.

But it's too late, it's too late.
Baby, i can't reach you.
It's too late, too late.
We've drifted out too far.
I don'e konw where love goes
Or how we might have saved it,
I only know it's gone.
It's time that we moved on.
It's too late.

No use going on.
No more crying.
Stand outside ourselves and watch love dying.

'cause it's too late, it's too late.
Baby, i can't hold you.
It's too late, too late.
Now time will take it's toll.
I don't know where love goes
Or how we might have saved it.
I only know it's gone.
It's time that we moved on.
It's too late.

In my dreams we turn it back around
And the love we lost is found,
And i hand it all to you.
But i know i'm only dreamin'.
It's too late. ahhhhh, it's too late.

Should i stay, should i wait,
Should i stand here by your door?
I don't know what for.
You don't live here anymore.
And it's too late.
My little baby.
Yeah-ahhh, it's too late.
It's too late.

When the white bird flies
From your heart to mine
I surrender every part of me
To the tenderness

Could it be the wine
In your eyes stars shine
And i'm feeling like a child again
Oh, it's taken me a little time
To find words to say

Stay
Make this forever
And lay love in my life
Come what may
Cherish each moment of love
As dreams go by

If the first glow fades
From the love we've made
I will hold you closer
In the night
Under heart and key

When there are hills to climb
And your world won't rhyme
I will fight until i get it right
'cause you're part of me
The heart of me
Only if you'll stay

Stay
Make this forever
And lay love in my life
Come what may
Cherish each moment of love
As dreams go by

The trees and the towers are burning
Fear walks on the sea
My soul in the wasteland is yearning
What does tomorrow hold for me

What can i say
Just that i need you
With you here by my side
We can turn even the desert
Evergreen, as dreams go by

bed of roses
By bonnie hayes
From the album "bette of roses"


Long, long ago, where the tall grass grows
And the still air is sweet with summer flowers;
In the shade by the stream i would lie awake and dream,
And in dreaming i would while away the hours.

Long, long gone yesterday,
And the castle and the prince and the god to whom i prayed.
Well, i made, and i'm gonna lie in this bed of roses.
I'm tired of trying to be free.
Gonna lay down like a sigh in my bed of roses.
Bed of roses i believed my life would be.

Well, i wasted years,
All the useless, bitter tears.
If i'd known i'd have stopped it at the start.
I knew life was long,
And i knew life could go wrong,
But i never knew my life would break my heart.

Dreams die harder than pride.
I have learned my lesson well.
I will put them both aside.
'cause i made and i'm gonna lie in this bed of roses.
I'm tired and i'm dying to be free.
Gonna lay down like a sigh in my bed of roses.
Bed of roses i believed my life would be.

Roses die, and all the fairy tales are lies,
And i guess that's just too bad for poor old me.
'cause i made, and i'm gonna lie in my bed of roses.
Bed of roses i believed my life would be.
Bed of roses i believed my life would be.

You've been down in the dumps
It seems like forever.
Now, what have they done to you?
Not a single thing's turned out
The way you imagined.
It all looks unreachable to you.

You don't know for the life of you
What is missing,
Or why it always happens to you.
And you don't like yourself,
You feel nobody's listening.
You don't need another platitude.

For a moment you forget
And a smile comes to your face.
Aah, but it doesn't last too long.
It's like a string you got tied
Around your finger
Reminding you of
Everything that's wrong.

I won't try to say i know what you're feeling.
I won't try to second guess you.
I won't try to give advice you won't be needing.
I'm only here to comfort you.
I'm only here to comfort you.

And i'd love to be the reason
A smile somes to your face,
Even if it doesn't last too long.
And i'd love to take that string
You've got tied around your finger
Reminding you of everything that's wrong.

I won't try to say i know what you're feeling.
I won't try to second guess you.
I won't try to give advice you won't be needing.
I'm only here to comfort you.
I'm only here to comfort you.
I'm only here to comfort you.

I know these streets and these backyards,
This barn that's falling down.
We come to where they're building now
And ride our bikes around.

You think i'm just a little kid,
Some troubles on the way.
But i knew this place before you did
Is all i've got to say.

I'm only walking
Through these streets and all around.
I'm only walking.
I know this town.

We come home through these fields at night
About a million times.
I'd walk the road with my eyes closed
And all the paths besdies.

And i know the boy who broke this fence,
And i know his brother, too.
And they's never give me half a chance
If i let on to you.

I'm only walking
Through these streets and all around.
I'm only walking.
I know this town.
I know this town.

We dam the streams, we raid the shacks,
And hide in boxcars on the tracks.
We know these quarries in our sleep
And where they're cold and where they're deep.

I'll go down to the bowling alley
And buy smokes and dentyne.
I find some loose change every day
Under that coke machine.

You check me out as you drive by
Like there was some big deal.
But i know so much you'll never find
From there behind the wheel.

I'm only walking
Through these streets and all around.
I'm only walking.
I know this town.
I know this town.
I know this town.
I know this town.