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 eyes and [ . . . ]
For her (1)________ were the colour of the roses that grew down the river, all (2)____________ and wild
When he came on my door and entered the room
My trembling (3)________________ in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand, he wiped up the tears 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 know for my name was Elisa Day
On the second day I (4)______________ her a flower
She was more (5)__________________ than any woman I'd seen
I said, 'Do you know where the (6)________ roses (7)________ so sweet and scarlet and free?'
On the (8)____________ 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 (9)________ you the roses will you follow?'
They call me The (10)________ Rose but my (11)________ was (12)__________ Day
Why (13)________ call me it I do not (14)________ for my name was (15)__________ Day
On the third day he took me to the river
He gave me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a (16)________________ word as he knelt above me with a (17)________ in his fist
On the (18)________ day I took her (19)__________ the wild roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the (20)________ (21)__________ as a thief
As I (22)________ her goodbye, said, 'All beauty (23)________ die'
And I lent down and planted a (24)________ between 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 eyes and [ . . . ]
For her (1)________ were the colour of the roses that grew down the river, all (2)____________ and wild
When he came on my door and entered the room
My trembling (3)________________ in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand, he wiped up the tears 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 know for my name was Elisa Day
On the second day I (4)______________ her a flower
She was more (5)__________________ than any woman I'd seen
I said, 'Do you know where the (6)________ roses (7)________ so sweet and scarlet and free?'
On the (8)____________ 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 (9)________ you the roses will you follow?'
They call me The (10)________ Rose but my (11)________ was (12)__________ Day
Why (13)________ call me it I do not (14)________ for my name was (15)__________ Day
On the third day he took me to the river
He gave me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a (16)________________ word as he knelt above me with a (17)________ in his fist
On the (18)________ day I took her (19)__________ the wild roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the (20)________ (21)__________ as a thief
As I (22)________ her goodbye, said, 'All beauty (23)________ die'
And I lent down and planted a (24)________ between her teeth
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