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 lips were the colour of the (1)__________ (2)________ grew down the river, all bloody and wild

When he came on my door and entered the room
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand, he wiped up the (3)__________ that went (4)________ my face

They call me The (5)________ Rose but my (6)________ was (7)__________ Day

Why (8)________ call me it I do not know for my name was Elisa 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 (9)________ and (10)________ 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 (11)________ but my (12)________ was Elisa Day

Why (13)________ call me it I do not (14)________ for my (15)________ was Elisa Day

On the third day he took me to the river
He (16)________ me the roses and we kissed
And the (17)________ thing I heard was a muttered (18)________ as he knelt above me with a rock in his fist

On the last day I took her (19)__________ the wild roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the (20)________ (21)__________ as a thief
As I told her goodbye, said, 'All (22)____________ must die'
And I lent down and planted a (23)________ between her (24)__________

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