Lyrics Where the Wild Roses Grow (Original Guide Vocal Version) - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

they call me the wild rose
but my name was elisa day
they call me the wild rose
but my name was elisa day
from the first day i saw her i knew she is the one
she stared in my eyes and smiled
for her lips were the colour of roses
they grew down the river, all bloody and wild
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 careful hand
he wiped at the tears that ran down my face
they call me the wild rose
but my name was elisa day
they call me the wild rose
but my name was elisa day
on the second day i broght her a flower
she was more beautiful than any wowan i'd seen
i said, "do u know where wild roses
grow so sweet and scarlet and fire?"
on the second day he came with a single red rose
said: "will u give me your loss and your sorrow"
i nodded my head, as i lay on the bed
he said, "if i show you the roses, will you fallow?"
they call me the wild rose
but my name was elisa day
they call me the wild rose
but my name was elisa day
on the third day he took me to river
he showed me the roses and we kissed
and the last thing i heard was a muttered word
as he knelt(stood smiling) above me with a Rock in his first
on the last day i took her where the wild rises grow
and she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
and i kissed her goodbye, said,
"all beuty must die" and lent down and planted a rose between teeth
they call me the wild rose
but my name was elisa day
they call me the wild rose
but my name was elisa day