i was born in a flood tears my parents much too late in years and the last of the cold was mine one day but they left me in a forgotten place my daddy was once a good boy but he got lost in the dust ain t no roses on my grave put me in the cold cold ground meet me in the morning and watch as the winter rain is falling ain t no roses on my grave put me in the cold cold ground meet me in the morning and watch as the winter rain is falling down i was born on a flooded plain from a rusted shack to the world i came and the water rose and the water veined i spread my wings my eyes a blaze my daddy was once a good boy but he got lost in the dust ain t no roses on my grave put me in the cold cold ground meet me in the morning and watch as the winter rain is falling ain t no roses on my grave put me in the cold cold ground meet me in the morning and watch as the winter rain is falling hold me down hold me down beat me in the morning waves so all my sins have all been washed away hold me down hold me down beat me in the morning waves so all my sins have all been washed away i went down to the river to wash my sins away but no water in that river and my tears fell down like rain now the waters rising up above a shack on the dirty plain my family on the roof top lord i can almost hear them sing ain t no roses on my grave put me in the cold cold ground meet me in the morning and watch as the winter rain is falling ain t no roses on my grave put me in the cold cold ground meet me in the morning and watch as the winter rain is falling hold me down hold me down beat my head under the waves so all my sins have all been washed away hold me down hold me down down beneath the deepest grave let that rain wash my sins away beat me in the morning waves so all my sins have been washed away keep my head under the water so all my sins have been washed away beat me in the morning waves so all my sins have been washed away keep my head under the water so all my sins have been washed away down beneath the deepest grave let the rain wash my sins away i was born in a flood of tears my parents much too late in years my daddy was once a good boy but he got lost in the dust