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