I don't want you to hold me tight   Till you're mine to hold   And I don't even want you to stay all night   Just until the moon turns cold      All I need is black roses, white rhythm and blues   And somebody who cares when you lose   Black roses, white rhythm and blues      You say that somebody really loves you   You'd find her if you just knew how   But honey, everyone in the whole wide world   Is probably asleep by now      And they're dreaming of black roses, white rhythm and blues   And somebody who cares when you lose   Black roses, white rhythm and blues      Close your eyes, sleep away all your blues   I've done everything but lie   Now I don't know what else I can do      Ah, the night time sighs and I hear myself   But the words just stick in my throat   Would you think that somebody like me   Might hurt much more than it shows      Just send me black roses, white rhythm and blues   And somebody who cares when you lose   Black roses, white rhythm and blues      Black roses, white rhythm and blues   Black roses, white rhythm and blues   Black roses, white rhythm and blues   ...