i ve walked the distancei paid my dues and tried to have a go at what i thought i knew was real held no appeal i ve been to places i ve seen the tidings i bought a book of rules for every coin that i could steal and so i came to gaze upon the stars when they were yet unborn and consequently tear at my old scars and the mask i had outworn so when i m crying alone yeah when i m cold as a dying stone grow me a garden of roses paint me the colors of sky and rain teach me to speak with their voices show me the way and i ll try again i ve heard the rumors started fires i sowed a sordid lot of plays for keeps for what i need behold the demons that i freed i ve tried my best at wearing the hard hat but healing doesn t seem to happen when you hide away the seed and so i came across the medicine man and he showed me what i d forlorn for if i m stayed it happens by my own hand and my own voice full of scorn so when i m crying alone yeah when i m cold as a dying stone  grow me a garden of roses paint me the colors of sky and rain teach me to speak with their voices show me the way and i ll try again without you i m nothing at all and life has the face of a morbid game with you nothing is impossible it all seems to fit the frame so when i m crying alone yeah when i m cold as a dying stone grow me a garden of roses paint me the colors of sky and rain teach me to speak with their voices show me the way and i ll try again grow me a garden of roses paint me the colors of sky and rain teach me to speak with their voices show me the way and i ll try again grow me a garden of roses paint me the colors of sky and rain teach me to speak with their voices show me the way and i ll try 1