Rosa lyrics

You can hear her crying faintly

Through the walls

A husky man's voice echoes in the hall

Bangin' with a roar:

"It's not your business where I've been

Open up this door before I kick it in"

Promised to each other back in Sicily

Papa made a deal with the family

"My word will be my bond

Our blood will be the tie

To keep this household strong

No matter who must die"

Rosa

Heaven chose her

Ciro posed her

In the pictures on the mantles

In her wedding dress

Yes, it's Rosa

No one knows her

Rosa, the lady next door

The deed was done for all the sons 

That she would bear

They married her young 

And they buried her there

A prisoner of fate aching to be free

She will get them back

Just you wait and see

Rosa

Heaven chose her

Ciro posed her

In the pictures on the mantles

In her wedding dress

Yes, it's Rosa

No one knows her

Rosa, the lady next door

Everything is quiet on the second floor

The ambulance has come to take them 

To the morgue

I wasn't here, but I heard it on the stoop

She stabbed him in his sleep 

And then shot herself to boot

Rosa

Heaven chose her

Ciro posed her

In the pictures on the mantles

In her wedding dress

Yes, it's Rosa

No one knows her

Rosa, the lady next door

• Artist:Desmond Child and Rouge
• Album:Runners in the Night (1979)