Rosetta Stoned Lyrics

I knew Rosetta from a child, it's funny how it goes,
She seemed so bright and happy then but the future never shows.

I saw Rosetta dancing once in dead-time anytown,
She just looked straight through them as they slipped their money down.
It's where I am she said, it's what I do she said,
It's just they way that it goes...I said...
Ch/
Rosetta, stoned again - why are you stoned again? Why...oh why?
Rosetta, stoned again - tell me why are you stoned again? Oh why...oh why?

I saw Rosetta drinking with a man who had no face,
He held her in a naked dream to keep her in his place.

I heard they took Rosetta from the club where she was high,
She couldn't help herself, all she did was sleep and cry.
It's what it is she said, it's what I am she said,
It's all that I've ever known...I said
Ch/
Rosetta...
...oh why?
(solo)

I wondered what the last thought through her mind was,
Did she have a clue where she was when no-one heard her shout?
I wondered why she went that way, why she felt the need to try to play
The games of chance that we're all warned about.
Ch/
Rosetta...
...oh why?

I heard they saw Rosetta without a coat on in the snow,
Her blood spilled like a seal's, she had nowhere to go.

I heard they found Rosetta with a needle and a phone,
The smell was pretty strong, she lay there on her own.