Lyrics Poisoned Rose (Solo Demo) - Elvis Costello
The
poison
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
poison
rose
On
a
Valentine
card
That
I
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
poison
rose
I
received
from
you
I
don't
know
how
we
came
to
grow
into
this
very
sad
affair
Every
time
we
do
the
decent
thing,
somebody
spikes
a
drink
And
a
single
becomes
a
pair
A
poison
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
Threw
away
your
alibis
And
all
your
worn
out
clothes
Threw
myself
upon
the
floor
but
I
couldn't
throw
away
This
poison
rose
This
poison
rose
This
poison
rose
1 Poisoned Rose
2 The People's Limousine
3 The Big Light
4 Next Time Round (Red Bus Demo)
5 The Monkey
6 Shoes Without Heels (Red Bus Demo)
7 It Tears Me Up (Live)
8 In Another Room (The Clarksdale Sessions)
9 Indoor Fireworks (Memphis Magnetic Version)
10 King Of Confidence (Outtake)
11 Clown Strike (Live At Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier de la Place des Arts, Montreal, July 3, 2006)
12 What Would I Do Without You (Live)
13 Sleep of the Just
14 Sally Sue Brown / 36-22-36 (Live)
15 Suit of Lights
16 Bedlam (Live At Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier de la Place des Arts, Montreal, July 3, 2006)
17 Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line (Live)
18 Heart Shaped Bruise (feat. Emmylou Harris) [Live At Hi-Tone Café, Memphis, TN. , September 17, 2004]
19 Sleep Of The Just (Live)
20 Brilliant Mistake / Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Cape Fear Version)
21 That's How You Got Killed Before (Reprise) [Live]
22 The Big Light (Live)
23 Payday (Live)
24 American Without Tears No 2 (twilight version)
25 Pouring Water On A Drowning Man (Live)
26 Your Mind Is On Vacation / Your Funeral, My Trial (Live)
27 Brilliant Mistake (Live)
28 They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
29 American Without Tears (Live)
30 Riverboat (Live)
31 Deportee (Red Bus Demo)
32 Lovable (Live)
33 Brilliant Mistake (Red Bus Demo)
34 I'll Wear It Proudly (Live)
35 Sleep Of The Just (Red Bus Demo)
36 Our Little Angel (Live)
37 Blue Chair (Red Bus Demo)
38 The Scarlet Tide (Live)
39 I Hope You're Happy Now (Solo Demo)
40 Jack Of All Parades (Solo Demo)
41 Quick Like A Flash
42 I'll Wear It Proudly (Solo Demo)
43 That's Not the Part of Him You're Leaving
44 Jack of All Parades
45 Having It All (Solo Demo)
46 Suffering Face (Solo Demo)
47 True Love Ways (Live)
48 Indoor Fireworks (Solo Demo)
49 Poisoned Rose (Solo Demo)
50 Brilliant Mistake (Live In Studio)
51 Lovable
52 Our Little Angel
53 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
54 Glitter Gulch
55 Indoor Fireworks (Live In Studio)
56 Little Palaces
57 I'll Wear It Proudly
58 American Without Tears
59 Eisenhower Blues
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