Poisoned Rose Lyrics - King Of America - Elvis Costello

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 

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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 

Everytime 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 

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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