Coming Up Roses

                                  I'm coming up roses now

Flying high

No-one can touch me

As I wave good-bye

I'm tall as a willow baby

Tall as a willow

I'm sure not sorry for that



You wouldn't believe the stuff I know

And have collected



I'm hung up on breathing now

When I want

No-one can hurt me

When I'm in trouble

I'm strong as I'm mellow baby

Strong as I'm mellow

I sure am happy for that



Have you ever seen the things I own

And have neglected

They're all quite strange

And unconnected

And that's why they're strong



A mile is long when home is far away

Coming up roses now flying high

A mile is long when home is far away

Home is far away



I'm holding the fiddle now

Playing hard

I've learnt my lesson

In self-composure

I shout and I bellow baby

Shout and I bellow

Can you hear me out back?



Can you feel the way I've grown

And disconnected



A mile is long when home is far away

Coming up roses now flying high

A mile is long when home is far away

Coming up roses now flying high

A mile is long when home is far away

The night is long the day is long

The night is long the day is long

A mile is long when home is far away

The night is long the day is long

The night is long the day is long

A mile is long when home is far away

Coming up roses now flying high

A mile is long when home is far away

Home is far away



A first thought came to the sound

And it filled itself with spectrum

So it can see from the back of its head

It can sense the shifting moods

How little the first thought knows

Its intentions its code of honor

Till it's formed with cunning humor

Feel the beat fall in

Then a second leg came from the sound

What if I just don't deliver

The queen bee the enemy the ecstasy

A beast at the core of its nature

A beast at the core of its nature