The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers
The story tells of a young boy, ignored by the supposedly moral people of the town, who is taken in by Rose, a local prostitute.
“Bed of Rose’s” is a double entendre, the phrase is an English idiom for doing well and also references his (now sexual) relationship with Rose.
[Verse 1]
She was called a scarlet woman by the people
Who would go to church but left me in the streets
With no parents of my own, I never had a home
And an eighteen-year-old boy has got to eat
[Verse 2]
She found me outside one Sunday morning
Begging money from a man I didn't know
She took me in and wiped away my childhood
A woman of the streets this lady Rose
[Chorus]
This bed of Rose's that I lay on
Where I was taught to be a man
This bed of Rose's where I'm living
Is the only kind of life I'll understand
[Verse 3]
She was a handsome woman just thirty-five
Who was spoken to in town by very few
She managed a late evening business
Like most of the town wished they could do
[Verse 4]
And I learned all the things that a man should know
From a woman not approved of, I suppose
But she died knowing that I really loved her
Of life's bramble bush I picked a rose
[Chorus]
This bed of Rose's that I lay on
Where I was taught to be a man
This bed of Rose's where I'm living
Is the only kind of life I'll understand
[Outro]
This bed of Rose's that I lay on
Where I was taught to be a man
This bed of Rose's where I'm living
Is the only kind of life I'll understand, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Bed of Rose’s was written by Harold Reid.
Bed of Rose’s was produced by Jerry Kennedy.
The Statler Brothers released Bed of Rose’s on Tue Dec 15 1970.