Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave
They call me The Wild Rose but my (1)________ was Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not (2)________ for my name was (3)__________ 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 (5)__________ (6)________ grew down the river, all (7)____________ and wild
When he came on my door and (8)______________ the room
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
He (9)__________ be my first man, and with a careful hand, he wiped up the (10)__________ that went down my face
They call me The Wild Rose but my (11)________ was Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not know for my (12)________ was (13)__________ Day
On the second day I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said, 'Do you (14)________ where the wild roses grow so sweet and scarlet and free?'
On the second day he smiled with a single rose
Said: 'Will you (15)________ me your loss and (16)________ sorrow?'
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
'If I (17)________ you the roses will you follow?'
They call me The (18)________ 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 (19)________ me the roses and we kissed
And the last (20)__________ I heard was a muttered (21)________ as he knelt (22)__________ me (23)________ 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 (24)__________ as a thief
As I told her goodbye, said, 'All (25)____________ (26)________ die'
And I (27)________ down and (28)______________ a rose between her teeth
Why they call me it I do not (2)________ for my name was (3)__________ 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 (5)__________ (6)________ grew down the river, all (7)____________ and wild
When he came on my door and (8)______________ the room
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
He (9)__________ be my first man, and with a careful hand, he wiped up the (10)__________ that went down my face
They call me The Wild Rose but my (11)________ was Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not know for my (12)________ was (13)__________ Day
On the second day I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said, 'Do you (14)________ where the wild roses grow so sweet and scarlet and free?'
On the second day he smiled with a single rose
Said: 'Will you (15)________ me your loss and (16)________ sorrow?'
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
'If I (17)________ you the roses will you follow?'
They call me The (18)________ 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 (19)________ me the roses and we kissed
And the last (20)__________ I heard was a muttered (21)________ as he knelt (22)__________ me (23)________ 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 (24)__________ as a thief
As I told her goodbye, said, 'All (25)____________ (26)________ die'
And I (27)________ down and (28)______________ a rose between her teeth
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