Roses

Billy, go and get your gun

Take the old Highway 51

Meet me in the midnight sun

I'll be waitin'

Yeah, the devil's gonna get a bite

Hope he has a big appetite

Blood is gonna spill tonight

And there's no use in prayin'

Yeah, the rain is pourin' down, down, down

And it's cold and it's only side of town

But someone had to play the clown

Painted so visibly in misery

May you be an hour in Heaven's bed

Before the devil even knows you're dead

Chokin' on every word that you said

As the furnace heats

Gone so long, the days of wine and roses

In the pourin' rain

Roses

On your funeral train

Mourners run in seven rows

As they drop you down into the hole

And you watch your lovers throw

Roses

Money comes and comes again

Before you wonder where it went

Hunger pays you compliments

And leaves you bleedin'

Time goes by like rivers run

Life leaves like the settin' sun

The devil's work is never done

And keeps repeatin'

So, Billy, go and get your gun

Time to take the price you've won

A midnight ride to Kingdom Come

There's no escapin', no

Yeah, we're only ever who we are

Life's as long as it is hard

Now's the time to play the part

And trouble's waitin'

Gone so long, the days of wine and roses

In the pourin' rain

Roses

On your funeral train

Mourners run in seven rows

As they drop you down into the hole

And you watch your lovers throw

Roses

Yeah, you play your cards the way they're dealt

It's a bit too late to ask for help

You ain't never gonna see the light, no

And there ain't no one to save you in sight

No, no, no

Yeah, gone so long, the days of wine and roses