Where the Wild Roses Grow

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Rock, Aussie Rock
Where the Wild Roses Grow
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Duration: 4:07
Lyrics
[Chorus: Kylie Minogue & 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 [Verse 1: Nick Cave] From the first day I saw her, I knew she was the one She stared in my eyes and smiled For her lips were the colour of the roses That grew down the river, all bloody and wild [Verse 2: Kylie Minogue] When he knocked 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 at the tears that ran down my face [Chorus: Kylie Minogue & 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 [Verse 3: Nick Cave] On the second day, I brought her a flower She was more beautiful than any woman I've seen I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow So sweet and scarlet and free?" [Verse 4: Kylie Minogue] On the second day, he came with a single red rose He said, "Give me your loss and your sorrow" I nodded my head as I lay on the bed If I show you the roses, will you follow? [Chorus: Kylie Minogue & 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 [Verse 5: Kylie Minogue] On the third day, he took me to the river He showed me the roses and we kissed And the last thing I heard was a muttered word As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist [Verse 6: Nick Cave] On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow She lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief And I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die" And leant down and planted a rose 'tween her teeth [Chorus: Kylie Minogue & 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 [Outro: Kylie Minogue] My name was Elisa Day For my name was Elisa Day
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- Nick Cave