Where The Wild Roses Grow

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

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 color of the 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 a careful hand
He wiped out the tears that ran down my face

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 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

On the second day he came with a single red rose
And said will you give me your loss and your sorrow
I nodded my head as I laid on the bed
And said 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