Poisoned Rose

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