Saw you with your uptown friend at a party down the hall
You were looking at a picture that was hanging on the 
wall
The title of the painting was called Still Life with Rose
And I remembered how Rose rescued me from your heartaches 
long ago

Still life with Rose is better than life with you
Whenever babe you made me a picture perfect fool
She's not a perfect picture and we sure ain't getting 
richer
Still life with Rose is better than the life I had with 
you

Still life with Rose is better than any artist's brush 
could paint
Sometimes she's hard to live with, Sometimes she makes me 
blue
Still life with Rose is better than the life I had with 
you

Still life with Rose is better than life with you
Whenever babe you made me a picture perfect fool
She's not a perfect picture and we sure ain't getting 
richer
Still life with Rose is better than the life I had with 
you
Still life with Rose is better than the life I had with 
you