I kept these roses, now they're dried and grey;
All the color that was in 'em, it all ran away.
Left my heart chalked full of kerosene,
So strike a match and turn my love to confetti.
There ain't no lady; there ain't no girl;
There ain't no dame in this whole damned world
that could love a man, a man like me.
There's plenty of fish as well as sharks in the deep blue sea.
Over ~ my dreams are over. I tried to hold her.
But now I just owe her what's left of me.
I know I've no dignity, But I'd trade it willingly
If she would just spend one night next to me.
Love ain't no prom dress; love ain't no dance;
Love ain't no cherry bowl smothered in romance.
love's a whip and you're a slave,
And it cuts the heart long after the grave.
There ain't no fairy, there's just this tale;
No one was buying so they put it up on sale,
And now you see nothing's for free.