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