Roses

I've walked the distance
 I paid my dues and I tried to have a go at what I thought
 I knew was real, held no appeal
 I've been to places, I've seen the tidings
 I bought a book of rules for every coin that I could steal
 And so I came to gaze upon the stars, when they were yet unborn
 And consequently, tear at my old scars, and the mask I had outworn
 So when I'm crying alone
 Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone
 Grow me a garden of roses
 Paint me the colors of sky and rain
 Teach me to speak with their voices
 Show me the way and I'll try again
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 I've heard the rumors, started fires
 I sowed a sordid lot of plays for keeps for what I need
 behold the demons that I freed
 I've tried my best at wearing the hard hat
 but healing doesn't seem to happen when you hide away the seed
 And so I came across the medicine man, and he showed me what I'd forlorn
 For if I'm stayed it happens by my own hand, and my own voice full of scorn
 So when I'm crying alone
 Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone
 Grow me a garden of roses
 Paint me the colors of sky and rain
 Teach me to speak with their voices
 Show me the way and I'll try again
 Without you I'm nothing at all
 And life has the face of a morbid game
 With you nothing is impossible
 It all seems to fit the frame
 So when I'm crying alone
 Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone
 Grow me a garden of roses
 Paint me the colors of sky and rain
 Teach me to speak with their voices
 Show me the way and I'll try again