Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is the title of a power ballad song by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in October 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album Open Up and Say... Ahh!. It is the band's only number-one hit in the U.S., reaching the top spot on Christmas Eve in 1988 for three weeks.

Every Rose Has Its Thorn 

We both lie silently still 

In the dead of the night 

Although we both lie close together 

We feel miles apart inside 

Was it something I said or something I did 

Did my words not come out right 

Though I tried not to hurt you 

Though I tried 

But I guess that's why they say 

Every rose has it's thorn 

Just like every night has it's dawn 

Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song 

Every rose has it's thorn 

Yeah it does 

I listen to our favorite song 

Playing on the radio 

Hear the DJ say love's a game of easy come and 

Easy go 

But I wonder does he know 

Has he ever felt like this 

And I know that you'd be here right now 

If I could have let you know somehow 

I guess 

Every rose has it's thorn 

Just like every night has it's dawn 

Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song 

Every rose has it's thorn 

Though it's been a while now 

I can still feel so much pain 

Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals

But the scar, that scar remains 

Solo 

I know I could have saved a love that night 

If I'd known what to say 

Instead of makin' love 

We both made our separate ways 

But now I hear you found somebody new 

And that I never meant that much to you 

To hear that tears me up inside 

And to see you cuts me like a knife 

I guess 

Every rose has it's thorn 

Just like every night has it's dawn 

Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song 

Every rose has it's thorn