Solomon Burke - My Rose Saved from the Street lyrics

See how she loves the eyes she catches And the winds just blew her mind These thrills will never meet their match To her thorns I will stay blind The kind of itch that stands all scratches And the pain's a perfect bind My rose saved from the street Nearly crushed under my feet You are my rose saved from the street It all happened unexpected The night that I came down I felt somehow we did connect From the dirty part of town You were smiling without acting The way you wore that crooked crown My rose saved from the street You are my rose saved from the street I might have thought that I found you But I bet you knew we were meant to meet My rose saved from the street Nearly crushed under my feet You are my rose saved from the street You were waiting there just to be picked Or was that just a pose? Could it have been anyone? Or was it really me you chose? See how she loves the eyes we're catching Like the winds just blew our minds These thrills will never meet their match To her thorns I will be blind Our hearts and dreams entangled No boundaries for us to find My rose saved from the street You are my rose saved from the street Where I thought that I found you But I bet you knew we were meant to meet My rose saved from the street Nearly crushed under my feet You are my rose saved from the street You are my rose saved from the street