Poor little rose, beaten by the rain

In the wind in the gale, thunder and the hail

Sometimes I feel like I'm going insane

Without the numbness or the pain so intense to feel

Especially now it added up through the years

And I, I taught myself how to grow

Without any love and there was poison in the rain

I taught myself how to grow

Now I'm crooked on the outside, and the inside's broke

Most of the time I got nothing to say

When I do it's nothing and nobody's there to listen anyway

I know I'm probably better off this way

I just listen to the voices on the tv 'til I'm tired

My eyes grow heavy and I fade away

'cause I, I taught myself how to grow

Without any love and there was poison in the rain

I taught myself how to grow

'til I was crooked on the outside

I taught myself how to grow

Without any love and there was poison in the rain

I taught myself how to grow

'til I was crooked on the outside, inside's caved

Crooked on the outside, inside's caved

Crooked on the outside, inside's caved

I taught myself how to grow old.