Every Rose Has Its Thorn is a song by the band Poison, written by vocalist Bret Michaels. The song was inspired by a night when Michaels called his girlfriend and heard a male voice in the background, leading him to realize she was having an affair. He wrote the song while sitting in a laundromat in Dallas, Texas, reflecting on his failed relationship.
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Introduction:
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We both lie silently still, in the dead of the night.
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Although we both lie close together, we feel miles apart inside.
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Was it something I said, or something I did,
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did my words not come out right?
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Though I tried not to hurt you, though I tried, but I guess that's why they say
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Every rose has its thorn.
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Just like every night has its dawn.
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Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song.
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Every rose has its thorn.
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I listen to our favorite song, playing on the radio.
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Hear the DJ say love's a game of easy come and easy go.
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But I wonder, does he know, has he ever felt like this?
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And I know that you'd be here right now if I
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coulda let you know, somehow I guess
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Every rose has its thorn.
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Just like every night has its dawn.
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Just like every cowboy sings a sad, sad song.
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Every rose has its thorn.
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Though it's been a while now, I can still feel so much pain.
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Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals, but the scar, that scar remains
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I know I coulda saved our love that night if I'd known what to say.
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Instead of making love we both made our separate ways.
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And now I hear you've found somebody new, and that I never meant that much to you.
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To hear that tears me up inside, and to see you cuts me like a knife, I guess