Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave
They call me The Wild Rose but my (1)________ was Elisa Day
Why (2)________ call me it I do not (3)________ 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 (4)____________ of the (5)__________ that (6)________ (7)________ the river, all bloody and wild
When he came on my (8)________ and (9)______________ the room
My (10)__________________ subsided in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a (11)______________ hand, he wiped up the tears that (12)________ (13)________ my face
They (14)________ me The (15)________ Rose but my name was Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not (16)________ 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 (17)________ roses grow so sweet and scarlet and free?'
On the second day he smiled (18)________ a single rose
Said: 'Will you give me your (19)________ and your 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 (20)__________ day he took me to the river
He (21)________ me the roses and we kissed
And the (22)________ thing I (23)__________ was a (24)________________ word as he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I took her (25)__________ the (26)________ 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 planted a rose between her teeth
Why (2)________ call me it I do not (3)________ 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 (4)____________ of the (5)__________ that (6)________ (7)________ the river, all bloody and wild
When he came on my (8)________ and (9)______________ the room
My (10)__________________ subsided in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a (11)______________ hand, he wiped up the tears that (12)________ (13)________ my face
They (14)________ me The (15)________ Rose but my name was Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not (16)________ 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 (17)________ roses grow so sweet and scarlet and free?'
On the second day he smiled (18)________ a single rose
Said: 'Will you give me your (19)________ and your 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 (20)__________ day he took me to the river
He (21)________ me the roses and we kissed
And the (22)________ thing I (23)__________ was a (24)________________ word as he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I took her (25)__________ the (26)________ 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 planted a rose between her teeth
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