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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 (1)________ she was the one
As she [ . . . ] in my eyes and [ . . . ]
For her lips were the colour of the (2)__________ (3)________ grew down the river, all (4)____________ and wild

When he came on my door and (5)______________ the room
My trembling subsided 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 (6)__________ 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 single rose
Said: 'Will you give me your loss and (7)________ 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 Rose but my name was Elisa 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 roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word as he (8)__________ 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 wind light as a thief
As I told her goodbye, said, 'All beauty (9)________ die'
And I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth
Answers:
(1) knew(2) roses(3) that(4) bloody(5) entered(6) Elisa(7) your(8) knelt(9) must