The Statler Brothers - Bed of Rose's lyrics

[Verse 1] She was called a scarlet woman by the people Who would go to church but left me in the streets With no parents of my own, I never had a home But an eighteen year old boy has got to eat [Verse 2] She found me outside one Sunday morning Begging money from a man I didn't know She took me in and wiped away my childhood A woman of the streets this lady Rose [Chorus] This bed of Rose's that I lay on Where I was taught to be a man This bed of Rose's where I'm living Is the only kind of life I'll understand [Verse 3] She was a handsome woman just thirty-five Who was spoken to in town by very few She managed a late evening business Like most of the town wished they could do [Verse 4] And I learned all the things that a man should know From a woman not approved of, I suppose She died knowing someone really loved her Of life's bramble bush I picked a rose [Chorus x2]