There's something
in your manner that makes it hard to see
The way you take advantage
of wo men just like me
I've seen you set them up,
I've seen you take them down
Love is legal tender for your
kind of pass around
Don't want your bed of roses
Don't want a hat full of thorns
Don't wanna be your living
martyr
Mistreated and torn
Now I'm gonna turn away
As our chapter closes
I know I'm not gonna lay me down
In your bed of roses
I've tasted good man love
In honky -tonks and bobs
And sev en for the moon
When I was reachin' for the stars
Though sometimes I have stumped
I've been known to fall
It was always true love that
took me to the wall
Don't want your bed of roses
Don't want a hat full of thorns
Don't wanna be your living
martyr
Mistreated and torn
So now I'm gonna turn the
page
No, I'm not going to lay me
down in your bed of roses
No, I'm not going to lay me
down in your bed of roses
I'm going to turn my heart away
I'm going to turn my heart away
And live to love another day
Live to love another day
You whisper that you want me,
deep into my eyes
Tell me I'm the only one who
can bring you back to life
Call it intuition, call it what you will
I won't give you half a chance,
you're moving for the kill
Don't want your bed of roses
Don't want your hat full of thorns
Don't wanna be your living marble
It's treated a toll
So now I'm gonna turn the page
Cause I tried to close it
No, I'm not gonna lay me down
No, I better close it
Don't want a handful of love
Don't wanna be your living heartache
Mis -treated and torn
Now I'm gonna turn the page
As our chapter closes
Lord, you're gonna lay me down
On your bed of roses
No one will ever know