Never A Rose
I saw your guardian angel at the window tonight
This time you were so bad she had to turn her head away
Your worser genius is in command
and it’s all you can do just to meet the demon’s demands
Hey, why you always takin’ the hard road, baby?
Why you always makin’ it hard on yourself?
“Never a rose without a thorn”
I know that
That’s the road I’m always choosin’ for myself
But you’re always in the same old ruts
Dressin’ up your scrapes and cuts
Oh, and always losin’ sight of the flower
Deep in debt, countin’ regrets
And cryin’ ‘bout them later for hours and hours
Why?
There you go again
With your slippery affirmations
Here I am again
in suspended animation
“Never a rose without a thorn”
I know that
That’s the road I’m always choosin’ for myself
But you’re always in the same old ruts
Dressin’ up your scrapes and cuts
Oh, and always losin’ sight of the flower
Deep in debt, countin’ regrets
And cryin’ ‘bout them later for hours and hours
Why?
This thread of life is so tenuous
Why must you make it so strenuous?
It yields slack
You pull taut the line
It’s gonna bust, you know it’s just a matter of time
Hey, why you always takin’ the hard road, baby?
Why you always makin’ it hard on yourself?
“Never a rose without a thorn”
I know that
That’s the road I’m always choosin’ for myself
But you’re always in the same old ruts
Dressin’ up your scrapes and cuts
Oh, and always losin’ sight of the flower
Deep in debt, countin’ regrets
And cryin’ ‘bout them later for hours and hours
Why?
Let me be your book
You said, “I just want a hand to hold”
But nobody wants to smash down the gates of hell with you
I don’t wanna go
Don’t even wanna know
© Charlie Vavra, Right Riffs of Dover