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She Walks on Roses Run Time: 3:40
(There is an another version of this song with alternate lyrics. Show me.)
Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) ©1998
got a skeleton closet we've got a dreaded disease
i been looking high and low for my skeleton key
and they say that pride well it's is the chief of sins
well i know all of his deputies i'm well acquainted with them
yes she walks on water
yes yes she walks on sky
yes yes she walks on roses
yes yes she walks on by
she got a brand new ache she got a brand new crutch
got a brand new scar spend a lifetime to cover it up
and the make-up don't work and the spinning don't help
and if she were to talk about it she'd implicate herself
you can bury it all deep under the ground
you can take it out once in a while when there's no one around
you can grab for it all with your list of demands
or you can come as a small child yeah with your empty hands
Did You Know?
In the words of Bill: "This songs about spousal abuse. We're against it." Although released much later, the song was actually written in 1995. In the lyric sheet for the 'Cross the Big Pond EP, Bill says this song is about "beautiful women, and beautiful scars they wear."
Appeared On…
- 'Cross the Big Pond EP (1999)
- Free For Good EP (1999)
- But Not For Long EP (2000)
- BillTunes February 2005 (2005)
- BillTunes July 2005 (2005)
- BillTunes June 2006 (2006)
- BillTunes Nov/Dec 2006 (2006)