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