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