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 The poisoned rose

 That you gave to me

 It left me half alive

 And half in ecstasy

 But if half of your love

Is all I can win

Give me just a fraction

 But no more medicine

 The poisoned rose

 On a Valentine card

 That you take straight to the 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

 I received from you

 I don't know

 How we came to grow

 Into this very sad affair

Everytime we do the decent thing

 Somebody spikes the drink

And a single becomes a pair

 The poisoned rose

 That 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

 'Cause I threw away the gin

I threw away your alibis

 And all your worn-out clothes

I threw myself upon the floor

 But I couldn't throw away

 This poisoned rose

 This poisoned rose

 This poisoned rose