Song Lyrics Patti Scialfa - Rose    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> P>> Patti Scialfa Singer Lyrics [Patti Scialfa other resources]>> Rose Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Patti Scialfa Music Title/Track: Rose Theme ID: 4857 Album: N/A Rose was a waitress for twenty years or more bringing in the change, she was heaven sent she taught me how to balance trays when I didn't know what to do and I learned to turn tables to make my rent She said keep your eye on the work clock, keep a dollar in the jukebox and there's a bottle of whiskey behind the coffee machine Don't talk to the boss, he's just trouble you don't want to cross he's the walking definition of what it is to be mean Well, I'm going out tonight on the streets of the city Going to spend my money tonight I'm going out on the streets of the city Rose, you're pushing fifty, but you sure look all right Well there's this guy who speaks no English, and he does the dishes by hand You know his pace it never slacks I said "Rose, he must be one of God's good children" She just laughs and says "Yeah, God's got him doing the dishes all night in the back" But he keeps smiling and those plates keep piling up so high seems he can't make a dent Me I'm just bitchin' by the service station so tired of waiting on all these jokers for a lousy ten percent Well I'm going out on the streets of the city Going to spend my money tonight I'm going out on the streets of the city Rose, you're pushing fifty, but you sure look all right Now listen I traveled once with this rock and roll band and my baby was a hero at every small town bar and I watched that summer of '88 pass through the rearview mirror of his rented car but don't you learn hard and fast that the good times, they ain't meant to last and that sweet love, ain't it the first to disappear Rose, sometimes I get so frightened, I don't want to spend the rest of my life working on the graveyard shift here Well I'm going out on the streets of the city Going to spend my money tonight I'm going out on the streets of the city Rose, you're pushing fifty, but you sure look all right Related Lyrics Random lyrics: 25th Floor, 25th Floor ( High On Rebellion), 25th Floor (& High On Rebellion), 25th Floor / High On Rebellion, About A Boy, Aint It Strange, Aint It Strange, As the Night Goes By, Ask The Angels, Babelogue, Because The Night, Beneath The Southern Cross, Birdland, Blue Poles, Boy Cried Wolf, Break It Up, Broken Flag, Cartwheels, Cash, Chiklets, China Bird, Citizen Ship, Come Back Little Sheba, Dancing Barefoot, Dead City, Dead To The World, Death Singing, Distant Fingers, Dont Say Nothing, Dont Say Nothing, Dream of Life, E-Bow The Letter, Easter, Elegie, Farewell, Farewell Reel, Fire Of Unknown Origin, Fireflies, Frederick, Free Money, Gandhi, Ghost Dance, Glitter In Their Eyes, Gloria, Godspeed, Going Under, Gone Again, Gone Pie, Grateful, Gung Ho, Other Patti Scialfa song Lyrics 23rd Street Lullaby Lyrics As Long As I (Can Be With You) Lyrics Baby Dont Lyrics Big Black Heaven Lyrics Charm Light Lyrics Chelsea Avenue Lyrics City Boys Lyrics Come Tomorrow Lyrics Each Others Medicine Lyrics In My Imagination Lyrics Love (Stand Up) Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Patti Smith Lyrics Patti Smith Group Lyrics Patti Smyth & Don Henley Lyrics Patti Symth Lyrics Patty Lyrics Patty Duke Lyrics Griffin Patty Lyrics Patty Griffin Lyrics Patty Loveless Lyrics Patty Loveless F/ Jon Randall Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy