Bette Midler

Bed of Roses

Bette Midler


Long, long ago, where the tall grass grows 
and the still air is sweet with summer flowers; 
in the shade by the stream I would lie awake and dream, 
and in dreaming I would while away the hours. 

Long, long gone yesterday, 
and the castle and the prince and the God to whom I prayed. 
Well, I made, and I'm gonna lie in this bed of roses. 
I'm tired of trying to be free. 
Gonna lay down like a sigh in my bed of roses. 
Bed of roses I believed my life would be. 

Well, I wasted years, 
all the useless, bitter tears. 
If I'd known I'd have stopped it at the start. 
I knew life was long, 
and I knew life could go wrong, 
but I never knew my life would break my heart. 

Dreams die harder than pride. 
I have learned my lesson well. 
I will put them both aside. 
'Cause I made and I'm gonna lie in this bed of roses. 
I'm tired and I'm dying to be free. 
Gonna lay down like a sigh in my bed of roses. 
Bed of roses I believed my life would be. 

Roses die, and all the fairy tales are lies, 
and I guess that's just too bad for poor old me. 
'Cause I made, and I'm gonna lie in my bed of roses. 
Bed of roses I believed my life would be. 
Bed of roses I believed my life would be.