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


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

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