(will rambeaux, jaime kyle)

there´s something ´bout your manner
that makes it hard to see
just how you take advantage
of a workin´ girl like me
i´ve seen you set ´em up
and i´ve seen you take ´em down
our love is legal tender
for your kind to pass around

don´t want your bed of roses
don´t want no handful of thorns
don´t want to be your livin´ doll
don´t want to be no woman scorned
i don´t want to watch you turn the page
when our chapter closes
no, i´m not gonna lay me down
in your bed of roses

i´ve tasted good and bad love
in the honky-tonks and bars
i´ve settled for the moon
when i was reachin´ for the stars
and though sometimes i have stumbled
i´ve been known to fall
it was always true love
that took me to the wall

don´t want your bed of roses
don´t want no handful of thorns
don´t want to be your livin´ doll
don´t want to be no woman scorned
i don´t want to watch you turn the page
when our chapter closes
no i´m not gonna lay me down
in your bed of roses

girl you better hide your love away
girl you better save it for another day