Discover the story of the song > Bed Of Roses – The Statler Brothers

The song is about a boy who never had a family or a place to live. He was alone on the streets until a woman named Rose found him and took him in. She was a prostitute who taught him how to be a man and gave him a place to live. Despite what people thought of her, the protagonist loved her and learned valuable lessons from her before she passed away. He feels that the life he knows is only because of her and the bed of roses she provided him with.