Crown of Roses

1992

Programme notes

Written for the second Analecta CD, ‘Body O’ Graphic.’

Lyrics

I want to wear your crown of roses, babies
wear it all ’round my head
I want to wear your crown of roses, babies
wear it around my head
I will show you how to swim, babies
or you will drown in the tears I’ve shed.

Come into my garden, children
reap the goods from what I’ve sown
Come into my garden, babies
reap the goods from what I’ve sown
I want to wear your crown of roses, children
Show you a love you’ve never known.

Weave a garland for me, baby
Take a chance on me today
Weave a garland for me, little girl
Take a chance on me today
I will wear your crown of roses
when you take all but the thorns away.

In the heat of the summertime, babies
I can show you what you want to know
In the heat of the summertime, children
I can show you what you’re dying to know
You got to press that crown around my head
’till drops of blood like roses flow.