I was once your nan,

Then I met a man

Tall and all with golden hair was where my end began

Let him have his way with me

He knew his way so well

Led me down the garden path to Hell



Marriage in me 'ead

What I got instead

Was a bed in Camden town and then to me he said

Should I send around a friend

Be nice to him this swell

Stroll him down your garden path to Hell



Life's a bed of roses,

So sleep in it

Cuddle deep in it and pray you never wake

Soon the deadly poppies

Come cropping up

Fairly popping from the seeds of one mistake



On my back all day

Earning Satan's pay

Took to drink so's not to think of who'd come next to play

Gave my gent my every cent

And he gave me farewell

Leaving me to weed the path to Hell



Life's a maze of hedges that prickle you

As will tickle you

They'll tear you all about

Running through the maze is amusing too

But confusing when you find there's no way out



Lost my looks by then

Couldn't draw the men

So I learned a trade and earned my keep with drugs and then

I bought myself a wicked shelf

Where opium I sell

Here's a pipe for you, sir

Price is five and two, sir

Can't you see the garden,

It's such a lovely garden

I'll take you there I know the path so well

To Hell

To Hell