Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave
They (1)________ me The (2)________ Rose but my (3)________ was Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not know for my name was Elisa Day
From the (4)__________ day I met her I knew she was the one
As she [ . . . ] in my eyes and [ . . . ]
For her lips were the colour of the roses that grew down the river, all bloody and wild
When he came on my (5)________ and (6)______________ the room
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
He (7)__________ be my first man, and with a careful hand, he (8)__________ up the tears that (9)________ down my face
They call me The Wild (10)________ but my (11)________ was (12)__________ Day
Why (13)________ call me it I do not know for my name was Elisa Day
On the (14)____________ 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 (15)______________ and free?'
On the (16)____________ day he smiled with a single rose
Said: 'Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?'
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
'If I show you the roses will you follow?'
They (17)________ me The Wild Rose but my name was (18)__________ Day
Why they call me it I do not know for my name was Elisa Day
On the third day he took me to the river
He gave me the (19)__________ and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word as he (20)__________ above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I (21)________ her (22)__________ the wild roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
As I (23)________ her goodbye, said, 'All beauty must die'
And I lent down and (24)______________ a rose between her teeth
Why they call me it I do not know for my name was Elisa Day
From the (4)__________ day I met her I knew she was the one
As she [ . . . ] in my eyes and [ . . . ]
For her lips were the colour of the roses that grew down the river, all bloody and wild
When he came on my (5)________ and (6)______________ the room
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
He (7)__________ be my first man, and with a careful hand, he (8)__________ up the tears that (9)________ down my face
They call me The Wild (10)________ but my (11)________ was (12)__________ Day
Why (13)________ call me it I do not know for my name was Elisa Day
On the (14)____________ 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 (15)______________ and free?'
On the (16)____________ day he smiled with a single rose
Said: 'Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?'
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
'If I show you the roses will you follow?'
They (17)________ me The Wild Rose but my name was (18)__________ Day
Why they call me it I do not know for my name was Elisa Day
On the third day he took me to the river
He gave me the (19)__________ and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word as he (20)__________ above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I (21)________ her (22)__________ the wild roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
As I (23)________ her goodbye, said, 'All beauty must die'
And I lent down and (24)______________ a rose between her teeth
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