Am                G   Am                G

I'm feeling this time as bad as never before

F                         Am   Em

A bleeding wag is fading away

Am         G        Am            G

Once you needed me for spending delight

F                                     Am    Em

But below this funny mask there's a crying face





C                G                     Am

The way that I smile is the way that I cry

      G            F        C  G

But you'll never realize

C       G                      Am

My reputation is the one of a fool

    G                 F

Now watch how a poet dies

          G

Hear his cries





Am         F                  G    C G

And I dedicate my roses to no one

Dm                 A#                 C    F G

Cause there is no mind to help me to see

Am             F                    G        C G

The reason we need a light for the lonesome

Dm             A#                     C     F G    Am

And no one to drink the blood that I bleed







The poet inside wasn't given a chance

So he had to live apart

And I realize my best friend am I

And not those parasites who try to stare

Into my heart



The way that I feel is the way that I heal

My body and soul and my life

And I know you just think I'm a fool

Now watch how a poet flies

See me rise



And I dedicate my roses to no one

Cause there is no mind to help me to see

The reason we need a light for the lonesome

And no one to drink the blood that I bleed