The Poisoned Rose Lyrics - The Old Magic - Nick Lowe

The poisoned rose 

That you gave to me 

Has 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 Valentines card 

That you take straight to your 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 

That I received from you 

Now I don't know how we came to grow 

Into this very sad affair 

But 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, darling 

And do you know why? 

'Cause I threw away the gin 

I talked to the garbage men 

And they took away your alibis 

And all your worn-out clothes 

I even threw myself down on the ground 

But I couldn't bring myself 

To throw away the rose 

This poisoned rose 

This poisoned rose 

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