Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave
They call me The Wild Rose but my name was Elisa Day
Why they (1)________ me it I do not know for my name was (2)__________ Day
From the (3)__________ day I met her I (4)________ she was the one
As she [ . . . ] in my eyes and [ . . . ]
For her lips were the (5)____________ of the roses (6)________ grew down the river, all (7)____________ and wild
When he came on my (8)________ and entered the room
My (9)__________________ subsided in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a (10)______________ hand, he (11)__________ up the tears that (12)________ (13)________ my face
They (14)________ me The Wild Rose but my (15)________ was Elisa Day
Why they 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 (16)________ any woman I'd seen
I said, 'Do you (17)________ 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 your sorrow?'
I (18)____________ 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 (19)________ was Elisa Day
Why they (20)________ me it I do not (21)________ for my name was Elisa Day
On the (22)__________ day he took me to the river
He gave me the (23)__________ and we kissed
And the (24)________ thing I (25)__________ was a muttered word as he (26)__________ above me with a rock in his fist
On the (27)________ 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 must die'
And I lent down and (28)______________ a rose (29)______________ her teeth
Why they (1)________ me it I do not know for my name was (2)__________ Day
From the (3)__________ day I met her I (4)________ she was the one
As she [ . . . ] in my eyes and [ . . . ]
For her lips were the (5)____________ of the roses (6)________ grew down the river, all (7)____________ and wild
When he came on my (8)________ and entered the room
My (9)__________________ subsided in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a (10)______________ hand, he (11)__________ up the tears that (12)________ (13)________ my face
They (14)________ me The Wild Rose but my (15)________ was Elisa Day
Why they 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 (16)________ any woman I'd seen
I said, 'Do you (17)________ 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 your sorrow?'
I (18)____________ 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 (19)________ was Elisa Day
Why they (20)________ me it I do not (21)________ for my name was Elisa Day
On the (22)__________ day he took me to the river
He gave me the (23)__________ and we kissed
And the (24)________ thing I (25)__________ was a muttered word as he (26)__________ above me with a rock in his fist
On the (27)________ 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 must die'
And I lent down and (28)______________ a rose (29)______________ her teeth
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