Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave
They call me The Wild Rose but my name was Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not know for my name was Elisa Day
From the first day I met her I knew she was the one
As she [ . . . ] in my (1)________ and [ . . . ]
For her (2)________ (3)________ the colour of the roses (4)________ (5)________ down the river, all bloody and wild
When he (6)________ on my door and entered the room
My trembling (7)________________ in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and (8)________ a careful hand, he wiped up the tears that (9)________ down my face
They call me The Wild Rose but my name was (10)__________ Day
Why they call me it I do not (11)________ for my name was Elisa Day
On the second day I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said, 'Do you know where the wild roses grow so sweet and scarlet and free?'
On the second day he smiled with a (12)____________ rose
Said: 'Will you (13)________ me your loss and your sorrow?'
I (14)____________ my head, as I lay on the bed
'If I show you the roses will you follow?'
They call me The Wild Rose but my (15)________ was Elisa Day
Why (16)________ call me it I do not know for my name was (17)__________ Day
On the (18)__________ day he took me to the river
He gave me the (19)__________ and we kissed
And the (20)________ thing I heard was a muttered word as he knelt (21)__________ me with a rock in his fist
On the (22)________ day I took her (23)__________ the (24)________ roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind (25)__________ as a thief
As I told her goodbye, said, 'All beauty must die'
And I lent down and planted a (26)________ (27)______________ her teeth
Why they call me it I do not know for my name was Elisa Day
From the first day I met her I knew she was the one
As she [ . . . ] in my (1)________ and [ . . . ]
For her (2)________ (3)________ the colour of the roses (4)________ (5)________ down the river, all bloody and wild
When he (6)________ on my door and entered the room
My trembling (7)________________ in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and (8)________ a careful hand, he wiped up the tears that (9)________ down my face
They call me The Wild Rose but my name was (10)__________ Day
Why they call me it I do not (11)________ for my name was Elisa Day
On the second day I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said, 'Do you know where the wild roses grow so sweet and scarlet and free?'
On the second day he smiled with a (12)____________ rose
Said: 'Will you (13)________ me your loss and your sorrow?'
I (14)____________ my head, as I lay on the bed
'If I show you the roses will you follow?'
They call me The Wild Rose but my (15)________ was Elisa Day
Why (16)________ call me it I do not know for my name was (17)__________ Day
On the (18)__________ day he took me to the river
He gave me the (19)__________ and we kissed
And the (20)________ thing I heard was a muttered word as he knelt (21)__________ me with a rock in his fist
On the (22)________ day I took her (23)__________ the (24)________ roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind (25)__________ as a thief
As I told her goodbye, said, 'All beauty must die'
And I lent down and planted a (26)________ (27)______________ her teeth
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