Another Man's Vine - Tom Waits

Bougainvilleas bloom and wind

Be careful mind the strangle vines

The rose is climbing over blind

Cause the sun is on the other side

The bees will find their honey

The sweetest every time

Around a Red Rose

I see a red rose, a red rose

Blooming on another man’s vine

Golden Willie’s gone to war

He left his young wife on the shore

Will she be steadfast everyday?

While Golden Willie is far away

Along the way her letters end

She never reads what Willie sends

Now I see a red rose

I smell a red rose

A red rose

Blooming on another man’s vine