Pink Roses

I would litter your walk with pink roses

But my pocket isn’t deep enough

I would crown you as queen

But first you’ve got to make me king

I would pretend to love you

If you would pretend to care

I would be your friend

If you forget what I wanted of you

I would be everything to you

If you ever needed everything

I would do anything you asked

If it didn’t have to come with a price

I would cut the leash

But it keeps me close to you

I would fall in love with you all over again

If I had the chance

But I would change everything

Because petals wilt and roses die

I would keep all these feelings to myself

And never bought this paper

Never learned to write

So all we got is a pink rose

And some melodramatic stories

Rolled in a ball, hidden from others

Or maybe its my imagination you care

All I want is for me to be someone else

To see what its like

Not to be involved

So you can whisper in my ear

What you want to hear

And I’ll write it down in verse

And keep it to myself

Your use of me is enough

You don’t like to hear how I feel

Of all the women I’ve known

None of them are you

So I’d rather be alone