The Briar And The Rose — Tom Waits

I fell asleep down by the stream And there I had the strangest dream And down by Brennan's Glenn there grows A briar and a rose

There's a tree in the forest But I don't know where I built a nest out of your hair And climbing up into the air A briar and a rose

I don't know how long it has been But I was born in Brennan's Glenn And near the end of spring there grows A briar and a rose

Picked the rose one early morn I pricked my finger on a thorn It had grown so high It's winding wove the briar around the rose

I tried to tear them both apart I felt a bullet in my heart And all dressed up in springs and clothes The briar and the rose

And when I'm buried in my grave Tell me so I will know Your tears will fall To make love grow The briar and the rose