Nick Lowe - Poisoned Rose lyrics

The poisoned rose That you gave to me Has left me half alive And half in ecstasy But if just half your love Is all I can win Give me just a fraction And no more medicine The poisoned rose On a Valentines card That you take straight to your heart That you call my junkyard But if all I can do Is save pieces of you The piece of your mind The piece of your heart Didn't tear me apart Like the poisoned rose That I received from you Now I don't know how we came to grow Into this very sad affair But every time we try to do the decent thing Somebody spikes the drinks And a single becomes a pair The poisoned rose You wear at your best That I keep pressed between the white sheets Where you lie half undressed I threw away my shirt and shoes You looked and I dived in It's just you and me now, darling And do you know why? 'Cause I threw away the gin I talked to the garbage men And they took away your alibis And all your worn-out clothes I even threw myself down on the ground But I couldn't bring myself To throw away the rose This poisoned rose This poisoned rose