[00:04.810]she was called a scarlet woman by the people
[00:09.210]who would goto church but left me in the streets
[00:13.870]with no parents of my own, i never had a home
[00:18.850]but an eighteen year old boy has got to eat
[00:22.070]
[00:23.500]she found me outside one sunday morning
[00:27.770]begging money from a man i did't know
[00:32.690]she took me in and wiped away my childhood
[00:37.570]a woman of the streets this lady rose
[00:41.070]
[00:42.250]this bed of roses that i lay on
[00:46.710]where i was taught to be a man
[00:51.310]this bed of roses where i'm livin'
[00:56.670]is the only kind of life i'll understand
[00:59.830]
[01:05.400]she was a handsome woman just thirty-five
[01:10.240]who was spoken to in town by very few
[01:15.510]she managed a late evening business
[01:19.510]like most of the town wished they could do
[01:23.040]
[01:24.120]and i learned all the things that a man should know
[01:28.570]from a woman not approved of,i suppse
[01:33.290]she died knowing someone really loved her
[01:38.040]from life's bramble bush i picked a rose
[01:43.080]this bed of roses that i lay on
[01:47.240]where i was taught to be a man
[01:51.770]this bed of roses where i'm livin'
[01:56.180]is the only kind of life i'll understand
[02:01.100]
[02:01.440]this bed of roses that i lay on
[02:05.530]where i was taught to be a man
[02:10.270]this bed of roses where i'm livin'
[02:14.640]is the only kind of life i'll understand