Bed Of Rose's Lyrics

She was called a scarlet woman by the people
Who would go to 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 didn'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 suppose
She died knowing someone 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

The Statler Brothers - The Best of the Statler Bros.

Oct 1990

1. Bed Of Rose's
2. Whatever Happened To Randolph Scott
3. Do You Remember These
4. Carry Me Back
5. The Class Of '57
6. I'll Go To My Grave Loving You
7. Pictures
8. Thank You World
9. New York City
10. Susan When She Tried
11. Flowers On The Wall