who was the song every rose has its thorn written about
Every Rose Has Its Thorn In an interview with VH1's Behind the Music, Michaels said the inspiration for the song came from a night when he was in a laundromat waiting for his clothes to dry, and called his girlfriend on a pay phone. Michaels said he heard a male voice in the background and was devastated; he said he went into the laundromat and wrote "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" as a result.[4]
Ramble On The song's lyrics were influenced by The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.[5] The opening line ("Leaves are falling all around") could be a paraphrase of the opening line of Tolkien's poem "Namárië".
More Than Words The song was described by Bettencourt as a song warning that the phrase "I love you" was becoming meaningless: "People use it so easily and so lightly that they think you can say that and fix everything, or you can say that and everything's OK. Sometimes you have to do more and you have to show itâ€”there's other ways to say 'I love you.'"[3]
Still Crazy After All These Years All tracks written by Paul Simon.