Poisoned Rose

The poisoned rose
That you gave to me
It left me half alive, and
Half in ecstasy

But if just half your love
Is all I can win
Give me just a fraction
And no more medicine

The poisoned rose
On a Valentine's card
That you take straight to the heart, that
You call my junkyard

But if all I can do
Is save pieces of you
Piece of your mind
A piece of your heart

Didn't tear me apart
Like the poisoned rose
That I received from you

Now I don't know
How we came to grow
Into this very sad affair
Every time we try to do the decent thing
Somebody spikes the drinks
And a single becomes a pair

The poisoned rose
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 darlin
And you know why
'Cause I threw away the gin
I talk to the garbage man
And took away your alibi
All your worn-out clothes
I even threw myself down on the ground but
I couldn't bring myself
To throw away
The rose
The poisoned rose
The poisoned rose