To My Drunken Rose

Oh How is this love beneath me Eleven days in the county jail Oh How does this love deceive me Turquoise boats with yellow sails She left me crying on the shore Midnight's alcoholic whore Maids a plenty wringing clothes To cleanse thee of blood From a drunken rose Oh How will this love berate me Scything through my swollen breast Oh For what will love receive me Beating hard within my chest