Smell The Roses Lyrics - Roger Waters

[Verse 1] 

There's a mad dog pulling at his chain 

A hint of danger in his eye 

Alarm bells raging round his brain 

And the chimney's broken in the sky 

[Chorus 1] 

Wake up 

Wake up and smell the roses 

Close your eyes and pray this wind don't change 

There's nothing but screams in the field of dreams 

Nothing but hope at the end of the road 

Nothing but gold in the chimney smoke 

Come on honey it's real money 

[Verse 2] 

This is the room where they make the explosives 

Where they put your name on the bomb 

Here's where they bury the buts and the ifs 

And scratch out words like right and wrong 

[Chorus 2] 

Wake up 

Wake up and smell the phosphorus 

This is the room we keep a human heir 

Don't ask don't tell it couldn't be lost for us 

Yeah, little less cash in the stash in the cupboard 

At the bottom of the stair 

Money, honey 

[Interlude] 

[Chorus 3] 

Wake up 

Wake up and smell the bacon 

Run your greasy fingers through her hair 

This is the life that you have taken 

[Verse 3] 

Just a line in the captain's log 

Just a whine from a resident dog 

Another kid didn't make the grade 

Come on honey it's a fair trade 

[Chorus 4] 

Wake up 

Wake up and smell the roses 

Throw a photo on the funeral pyre 

Yeah, now we can forget the threat she poses 

Girl you know you couldn't get much higher