My three roses...

Got three roses in my head,

And in my heart too,

Every night 'fore I go to bed,

I think 'bout the distance and it makes me blue.

Though in my mind I feel them near,

Their words, their thoughts I cannot hear,

My heart withers as I, in a kiss, send them all my love,

Though, somehow, that's just not enough.

Wish I could wish away time and distance,

And do nothing every night, just drink and dance,

Smoke funny cigarettes,

My three roses and I,

That life, I think it best.

Those things are theirs,

The ones I was born without,

A sense of style and grace

And a fire that nothing can put out.

Two of them freeze time,

The other one makes people fat,

My heart swells up and, like a bell it chimes,
I know and love them, and for this I'm so glad.

Wish I could wish away time and distance,

And do nothing every night, just drink and dance,

Smoke funny cigarettes,

My three roses and I,

That life, I know it best