Black Rose - Crooked Fingers

Those fancy things your new boy bought you for won't save a jaded girl like you So I must question what you take me for I know for him your love is not true So

Reaching for your gun you had none so you stabbed a wounded arm And you drank the blood of a bleeding friend And quit your lying face of trust and love you once

As I went wandering drunk down your street To your window I stumbled by chance and I peeked in on you Red roses silk you in your sleek summer dress You were lig

Such a splendid summer We were sitting in the shade But they can tell when you're afraid I thought I heard an actress say There's one thing that you should know

Someday babe I'm gonna make you mine And in the days between our love and hate I'll keep your heart with mine Until the day must come and I must leave you stran

Oh gracious love You were so kind to me You only broke my heart Let my arms and legs stay strong So I could swim upon the open sea Searching for another love Fl

Come out come on tonight the city's alive Come let the silver street shine burn your blue eyes Don't let the old ways con or keep you away Don't make no differe

Cover me in mud and leaves I won't be the one to fail you I'm a thousand gargoyles standing by your window To be sure there ain't no cure There could be no one

Hey hey there she goes now she's walking down the street again Shuffling down the sidewalk scuffing up her brand new shiny leather shoes And all the stray digs

Come on now and wrap your weary arms around the ones you love Hold tightly don't ever let them go You have many enemies for reasons no one's certain of So keep