[Chorus]
15 Petals
One for every year I spent with you
Jewels and precious metals will never do
[Verse 1]
I love you twisted
And I love you straight
I'd write it down but I can't concentrate
Words won't obey they do as the please
And all I am left with are these
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
The thorn is blunted
The perfume will fade
I stand where sun is set
I crave the shade
Down in the tavern with Mary and Joe
Palms reached for alms as they throw
[Chorus]
15 Petals
One for every hour that we're apart
Tears and useless battles
I'll never start
[Verse 3]
Mussolini highway
There's a frankincense tree
I picked some up there to carry with me
You take me to places where I'd never go
I love you more than you know
[Chorus]
15 Petals
Scattered in the path where you will tread
15 Petals
Of vivid red
[Verse 4]
One wine-bar vamp with the polythene face
Ein Panzer Commander with no hair in place
The crooked battalions drilled holes in the square