Where The Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave
They (1)________ me The (2)________ Rose but my name was Elisa Day
Why they (3)________ 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 (4)________ the (5)____________ of the roses that grew down the river, all bloody and wild
When he came on my (6)________ 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 (7)__________ that went down my face
They call me The Wild Rose but my name was Elisa Day
Why (8)________ (9)________ me it I do not know for my name was Elisa Day
On the second day I (10)______________ her a flower
She was (11)________ beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said, 'Do you know (12)__________ the (13)________ roses grow so (14)__________ and scarlet and free?'
On the second day he smiled with a (15)____________ rose
Said: 'Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?'
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
'If I (16)________ you the (17)__________ will you follow?'
They call me The Wild Rose but my name was Elisa Day
Why they (18)________ 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 (20)__________ and we kissed
And the last thing I (21)__________ was a muttered word as he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I (22)________ her where the wild (23)__________ grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
As I told her goodbye, said, 'All (24)____________ must die'
And I (25)________ down and planted a rose between her teeth
Why they (3)________ 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 (4)________ the (5)____________ of the roses that grew down the river, all bloody and wild
When he came on my (6)________ 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 (7)__________ that went down my face
They call me The Wild Rose but my name was Elisa Day
Why (8)________ (9)________ me it I do not know for my name was Elisa Day
On the second day I (10)______________ her a flower
She was (11)________ beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said, 'Do you know (12)__________ the (13)________ roses grow so (14)__________ and scarlet and free?'
On the second day he smiled with a (15)____________ rose
Said: 'Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?'
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
'If I (16)________ you the (17)__________ will you follow?'
They call me The Wild Rose but my name was Elisa Day
Why they (18)________ 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 (20)__________ and we kissed
And the last thing I (21)__________ was a muttered word as he knelt above me with a rock in his fist
On the last day I (22)________ her where the wild (23)__________ grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
As I told her goodbye, said, 'All (24)____________ must die'
And I (25)________ down and planted a rose between her teeth
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