Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Damn It, Rose, artist - Don Henley.
Date of issue: 22.05.2000
Song language: English
Damn It, Rose |
Maybe just a good night’s sleep |
Would have changed your troubled mind |
From that rather permanent decision |
So tragic, so unkind |
Now, pain is what you’ve given |
And sleep is what you’ll get |
So far away from that sweet baby child |
Who hardly knew you yet |
Now he’ll grow up to be a fighter |
Full of anger, full of shame |
Like all the other haunted children |
Who wonder why they came |
And he’ll be in and out of trouble |
Until he stands up or he falls |
But there will always be a shadow there |
No matter how it goes |
Damn it, Rose |
Is this another cryptic message |
Or some kind of cosmic quiz |
If there’s a lesson to be learned from this |
Well, I don’t know what it is |
You could have given us the finger |
Much more constructively than that |
Now I sit here with the MTV |
And your bloated, Burmese cat |
We’re being treated to the wisdom |
Of some puffed up little fart |
Doing exactly what I used to do |
Pretensions to anarchy and art |
He speaks the language of a warrior |
He mounts his misinformed attack |
He wears the clothes of a dissenter |
But there’s a logo on his back |
And it’s a hollow rebellion |
As rebellions mostly are |
It’s just another raging tempest in a jar |
And the seasons keep on changing |
And the wind blows hot and cold |
Wish that you were here with us to watch this tide |
As it ebbs and flows |
Damn it, Rose |