Bed Of Coals lyrics
by Zevon Warren



(T-Bone Burnett and Warren Zevon)I've been lying on a bed of coalsI've been crying out of controlI roll and I tumbleEvery time I come downI'm too old to die youngAnd too young to die nowI've been sleeping on a bed of nailsI've been bleeding--it never failsI feel every needleThat pierced through my heartI'm too old to die youngAnd I can't play the partBed of coalsBed of nailsThrough the smokeBehind the veilsBed of coalsBed of nailsThrough the smokeBehind the veilsI've been lying in a bed of shameI've been dying all aloneI pray for the powerTo turn it aroundI'm too old to die youngAnd too young to die nowBed of coalsBed of nailsThrough the smokeBehind the veilsBed of coalsBed of nailsThrough the smokeBehind the veils