Precious things soon get lost
Up on the tracks when two paths cross
The lover i had is with another today

Tomorrow came when she went away

She was a diamond in the vein

A crimson flower in the brain

I picked my rose for the thorns

And hearts get so easily torn
I picked my rose for the thorns
And lives get so easily torn


The years have come the years will go
And then with time the years will show

I was too young then i'm too old now
Oh what i'd give to have them back somehow


She was a diamond in the vein
A crimson flower in the brain


I picked my rose for the thorns
And lives get so easily torn
I picked my rose for the thorns

I know hearts get so easily torn

The poison hit me like a shot

I knew grace until it stopped
Roses bloom before they fade
Who loves the needle loves the shade


She was a diamond in the vein
A crimson flower in the brain


But i picked my rose for the thorns
And hearts get so easily torn

I picked my rose for the thorns
I know lives get so easily torn