Scarlet Woman I didn't know she took me in and wiped away my childhood This woman of the streets, this lady rose This bed of roses that I lay on Where I was taught to love a man This bed of roses where I'm living It's the only kind of life I understand 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 wish they did And I learned all the things that a girl should know From a woman not approved of, I suppose She died knowing someone really loved her A fly scrambled for shining jewels This bed of roses that I lay on Where I was taught to love a man This bed of roses where I'm living It's the only kind of life I understand This bed of roses that I lay on Where I was taught to love a man This bed of roses where I'm living It's the only kind of life I understand