Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave

They (1)________ me The Wild Rose but my name was Elisa Day

Why they call me it I do not (2)________ 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 lips were the colour of the roses that grew (3)________ the river, all bloody and wild

When he came on my door and entered the room
My trembling subsided in his (4)________ 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 (5)________ Rose but my name was Elisa Day

Why (6)________ call me it I do not know for my name was Elisa Day

On the (7)____________ day I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful (8)________ any (9)__________ I'd seen
I said, 'Do you know (10)__________ the wild roses grow so (11)__________ and scarlet and free?'

On the (12)____________ day he (13)____________ with a (14)____________ rose
Said: 'Will you (15)________ me (16)________ loss and (17)________ sorrow?'
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
'If I (18)________ 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 (19)________ 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 (20)________________ word as he knelt above me with a (21)________ 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 (22)________ die'
And I lent (23)________ and planted a (24)________ between her (25)__________

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