Raised up on the mean streets

Where a girl gotta save herself

Her daddy was a roughneck

With a bible and a belt

You think she's just a flower

Until you feel the thorn

Don't cut yourself on the edges

Of a woman who's been torn

If you dare to cross her heart

She'll leave you with a calling card

Ain't afraid of the darkness she's always known

Black rose, black rose

The boys on Queensborough avenue

Found out they met their match

But when they laid their hands on a girl like you

They were soon dispatched

If you dare to cross her heart

She'll leave you with a calling card

Ain't afraid of the darkness she's always known

Black rose, black rose

Don't take to being pushed around

Ain't giving up an inch of ground

No no

A lotta broken ghosts in this town

If they could talk they'd say don't get too close

To black rose

If you dare to cross her heart

She'll leave you with a calling card

Ain't afraid of the darkness she's always known

If you look into her eyes

She'll see the truth behind your lies

Dim the lights if you dare to get close

Ain't afraid of the darkness she's always known

Black rose, black rose