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Well every time I lay in the bed beside you, |
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Hosea, Hosea, |
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I hear the sound of the streets of the city. |
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My belly growls like a hungry wolf |
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And I let it prowl till my belly's full. |
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Hosea, my heart is a stone. |
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So please believe me when I say I'm sorry, |
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Hosea, Hosea, |
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you loveable, gullible man. |
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I tell you that my love is true |
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Till it fades away like a morning dew. |
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Hosea, leave me alone. |
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Here I am in the Valley of Trouble. |
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Just look at the bed that I've made: |
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Badlands as far as I can see. |
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Well there's no one here but me, |
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Hosea. |
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Well I stumbled and fell in the road on the way home, |
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Hosea, Hosea. |
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I lay in the brick street like a stray dog. |
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You came to me like a silver moon |
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With the saddest smile I ever knew. |
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Hosea carried me home again. |
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Home again. |
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You called me out to the Valley of Trouble, |
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Just to look at the mess that I've made, |
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A barren place where nothing can grow. |
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One look and my stone heart crumbled-- |
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It was a valley as green as jade. |
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I swear it was the color of hope. |
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You turned a stone into a rose, |
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Hosea, Hosea. |
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Hosea |
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Well I sang and I danced like I did as a young girl, |
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Hosea, Hosea. |
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I am a slave and a harlot no more. |
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You washed me clean like a summer rain |
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And you set me free with that ball and chain. |
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Hosea, I threw away the key. |
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I'll never leave. |
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Hosea, Hosea. |
