Am                G   Am                G
I'm feeling this time as bad as never before
F                         Am   Em
A bleeding wag is fading away
Am         G        Am            G
Once you needed me for spending delight
F                                     Am    Em
But below this funny mask there's a crying face


C                G                     Am
The way that I smile is the way that I cry
      G            F        C  G
But you'll never realize
C       G                      Am
My reputation is the one of a fool
    G                 F
Now watch how a poet dies
          G
Hear his cries


Am         F                  G    C G
And I dedicate my roses to no one
Dm                 Bb                 C    F G
Cause there is no mind to help me to see
Am             F                    G        C G
The reason we need a light for the lonesome
Dm             Bb                     C     F G    Am
And no one to drink the blood that I bleed



The poet inside wasn't given a chance
So he had to live apart
And I realize my best friend am I
And not those parasites who try to stare
Into my heart

The way that I feel is the way that I heal
My body and soul and my life
And I know you just think I'm a fool
Now watch how a poet flies
See me rise

And I dedicate my roses to no one
Cause there is no mind to help me to see
The reason we need a light for the lonesome
And no one to drink the blood that I bleed