Rose On Wood Lyrics - Tanita Tikaram

Why did you fall for an innocent? 

An innocent like me? 

Why did you fall for an innocent? 

An innocent like me? 

I know nothing will ever be 

'cos like, we don't give nothing away 

(chorus) 

Call what you [crib] boy 

But it's, it's not what you need 

I know it's, it's not what you need 

From a girl like me 

Oh, and I wish that you could come in boy 

And make me smile like rose on wood 

It would be nice to take 

A fortune from your flesh 

And make it good 

Make it really good 

Why do the sonnets stake my heart? 

I'm sworn to kiss and tell 

I'm sworn to take the rose 

Outta your hands and mould 

My lies around you 

Not being fickle 

Or breaking this song 

I made the sweetest thing you ever see 

But I want to shake the world 

And leave them standing 

Not a queue for frivolity 

(chorus) 

Wasted my time 

Like [oil/all] rich sons 

Like [oil/all] rich sons should do 

Like [oil/all] rich sons 

Oh, the hours are all gone 

The hours are all gone 

There's nothing wrong with a picture palace 

A thousand knives have been drawn in 

But I'm a dreamer with iron intent 

And for pure cosmetics I could not care 

(chorus)