Oooh, when I was bed   Before she spread lilacs on the sheets      Perfumed his hair with white powders   Removed the bitter taste left on his cheek   Perfumed his hair with white powders   Removed the bitter taste left on his cheek      Oooh, I was bed   Before she spread lilacs on the sheets      The antiquity of that one moment   How filthy his shoes had been   And how soon we forget the smell of survival   Blanket it with roses and sick tears      Oooh, I was bed   Before she spread lilacs on the sheets      Oooh, when I was bed   When I was bed