VERSE 1: 
ADA THEY SENT HIM TO ASIA TO FIGHT IN A WAR
DAE HE CAME BACK HOME CRAZY AND THEY ASKED HIM WHAT FOR
ADA THEY HAD HIM COMMITTED OH MEDALS AND ALL
DAEA TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL WITH RUBBER WALLS
 VERSE 2: 
ADA THEY CUT OFF THE FUNDING OH THEY CUT OF THE LIGHTS
DAE HE HIT THE STREET RUNNING THAT COLD WINTER NIGHT
ADA NOW THE STREETS ARE THE ONLY PLACE HE CAN CALL HOME
DAEA HE SEEMS OH SO LONELY BUT HE'S NEVER ALONE
 CHORUS: 
AC#mDA HE LIES THERE HOLDING HIS WILD IRISH ROSE
DAE THIS CRAZY OLD FOOL IN THE SMELLY OLD CLOTHES
AC#mDA HE COULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING MUCH BETTER, GOD KNOWS
ADEA THAN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE
 VERSE 3: 
ADA A BABY NAMED SCARLET WITH LAUGHING BLUE EYES
DAEA HAS BEEN IN HIS WALLET OH WAY BACK SINCE '65
DA SO MUCH WAS FORGOTTEN OH SO FAR BACK IN TIME
DAEA WAY DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF A RIVER OF WINE
 SPOKEN: 
DA YOU KNOW THEY FOUND HIM ON PARK STREET, WEST 25TH
DAE THEY CANT EVEN FIND A HEART BEAT LORD HIS FINGERS ARE STIFF
ADA JUST LIKE THEIR ALL FROZEN HE'S HOLDING HER TIGHT
DAEA BUT THE HABIT OH ITS BROKEN THIS IS ROSES LAST NIGHT
 CHORUS 2 
AC#mDA HE LIES THERE HOLDING HIS WILD IRISH ROSE
DAE BUT HIS SOUL'S IN A PLACE WHERE A REAL HERO GOES
AC#mDA NOW HES GOT SOMETHING BETTER, MUCH BETTER, GOD KNOWS
 No Chords A, C#m, D, A, D, A, E (x2)