Black Rose Lyrics - Live At Billy Bob's Texas - Billy Joe Shaver

Way down in Virginia 

Amongst the tall grown sugar canes 

Lived a simple man and a dominiker hen 

And a rose of a different name. 

Well, the first time I felt lightning 

I was standing in the drizzling rain 

With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin 

And a rose of a different name. 

Well, the devil made me do it the first time 

The second time I done it on my own 

Lord, put a handle on a simple headed man 

And help me leave that black rose alone. 

When the devil made that woman 

Lord, she threw the pattern away 

She was built for speed with the tools you need 

To make a new fool every day. 

Way down deep and dirty 

On the darker side of shame 

I caught a cane cuttin' man with a bottle of gin 

With a rose of a different name. 

The devil made me do it the first time 

The second time I done it on my own 

Lord, put a handle on a simple headed man 

Help me leave that black rose alone. 

The devil made me do it the first time 

The second time I done it on my own 

Lord, put a handle on a simple headed man 

Help me leave that black rose alone