The Poisoned Rose

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The poisoned rose
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That you gave to me
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It left me half alive
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And half in ecstasy
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But if half of your love
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Is all I can win
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Give me just a fraction
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But no more medicine

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The poisoned rose
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On a Valentine card
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That you take straight to the heart
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That you call my junkyard
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But if all I can do
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is save pieces of you
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The piece of your mind
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The piece of your heart
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Didn't tear me apart
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Like the poisoned rose
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I received    from you

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I don't know
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How we came to grow
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Into this very sad affair

Everytime we do the decent thing
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Somebody    spikes the drink

And a single becomes a pair

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The poisoned rose
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That you wear at your best
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That I keep pressed between the white sheets
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Where you lie half undressed

I threw away my shirt and shoes
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You looked and I dived in
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It's just you and me now
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'Cause I threw away the gin

I threw away your alibis
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And all your worn-out clothes

I threw myself upon the floor
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But       I couldn't throw away
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This poisoned rose
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This poisoned rose
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This poisoned rose