DON HENLEY - Damn It, Rose lyrics

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(don henley/stan lynch)<br><br>Maybe just a good night's sleep<br>Would have changed your troubled mind<br>From that rather permanent decision<br>So tragic, so unkind<br>Now, pain is what you've given<br>And sleep is what you'll get<br>So far away from that sweet baby child<br>Who hardly knew you yet<br><br>Now he'll grow up to be a fighter<br>Full of anger, full of shame<br>Like all the other haunted children<br>Who wonder why they came<br>And he'll be in and out of trouble<br>Until he stands up or he falls<br>But there will always be a shadow there<br>No matter how it goes<br>Damn it, rose<br><br>Is this another cryptic message<br>Or some kind of cosmic quiz<br>If there's a lesson to be learned from this<br>Well, I don't know what it is<br><br>You could have given us the finger<br>Much more constructively than that<br>Now I sit here with the mtv<br>And your bloated, burmese cat<br>We're being treated to the wisdom<br>Of some puffed up little fart<br>Doing exactly what I used to do¡º<br>Pretentions to anarchy and art<br>He speaks the language of a warrior<br>He mounts his misinformed attack<br>He wears the clothes of a dissenter<br>But there's a logo on his back<br>And it's a hollow rebellion<br>As rebellions mostly are<br>It's just another raging tempest in a jar<br><br>And the seasons keep on changing<br>And the wind blows hot and cold<br>Wish that you were here with us to watch this tide<br>As it ebbs and flows<br>Damn it, rose