[Verse 1: Tom Barman]

Rose said, quote: “It’s time to make a mess”

Time will be soon mine in time, I guess

She’s painting on my back a beautiful flowerpot

And she treats me, she treats me, she treats me like her local god

Rose said, quote: “It’s time to make a mess”

This one’s yours and yours is self-obsessed

She’s painting on my back a green tom, the beefheart one

And she cuddles and she coos and she cuts the bullshit I confessed

[Pre-Chorus: Tom Barman]

She said: “Don’t look my way, what can I possibly say?

I've never seen you before today

I’m just the one that makes you think of the one

That makes you feel you're the one”

[Chorus: Tom Barman]

To thank you for the roses, for the roses

So thank you for the roses, for the roses

Thank you for the roses, for the roses

Thank you for the roses, for the roses

[Verse 2: Tom Barman]

Rose said, quote: “It’s time to make a mess”

Remind me what it is that I do best

She’s painting on my back some beautiful something sweet

And she treats me, she treats me, she beats me

Rose said, quote: “My time has come at last”

Ugly things through my mind they have passed

She's scratching on my back: “If this boy believes me”

She leaves me, deceives me and takes those flowers just to please me

[Chorus: Tom Barman & Stef Kamil Carlens]

Rosie don't mind where she been

She been blind, she been mine all this time

She been kind, she been mine

She said: “Thank you for the roses, for the roses”

Thank you for the roses, for the roses

Thank you for the roses, for the roses

Thank you for the roses, for the roses

Thank you for the roses, for the roses

Thank you for the roses, for the roses

Thank you