[ti:Where The Wild Roses Grow]
[ar:Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds]

     Where The Wild Roses Grow
Word and music: CAVE
Vocals, piano: NICK CAVE
Vocals: KYLIE MINOGUE
Acoustic guitar, guitar: MICK HARVEY
Guitar: BLIXA BARGELD
Bass: MARTYN P. CASEY
Drums: THOMAS WYDLER
Bells: JIM SCLAVUNOS
Backing Vocals: MICK HARVEY; CONWAY SAVAGE
Violins: JEN ANDERSON, SUE SIMPSON
Viola: KERRAN COULTER
Cello: HELEN MOUNTFORT
String Arrangement: NICK CAVE, MICK HARVEY
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[00:09]They call me The Wild Rose
[00:16]But my name was Elisa Day
[00:21]Why they call me it I do not know
[00:27]For my name was Elisa Day
[00:33]From the first day I saw I knew she was the one
[00:37]As she stared in my eyes and smiled
[00:42]For her lips were the colour of the roses
[00:47]That grew down the river, all bloody and wild
[00:51]When he knocked on my door and entered the room
[00:56]My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
[01:01]He would be my first man, and with a careful hand
[01:06]He wiped at the tears that ran down my face
[01:12]They call me The Wild Rose
[01:19]But my name was Elisa Day
[01:24]Why they call me it I do not know
[01:31]For my name was Elisa Day
[01:36]On the second day I brought her a flower
[01:40]She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
[01:45]I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
[01:50]So sweet and scarlet and free?"
[01:55]On the second day he came with a single red rose
[01:59]Said: "Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?"
[02:04]I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
[02:08]He said, "If I show you the roses will you follow?"
[02:16]He call me The Wild Rose
[02:22]But my name was Elisa Day
[02:27]Why He call me it I do not know
[02:34]For my name was Elisa Day
[02:39]On the third day he took me to the river
[02:43]He showed me the roses and we kissed
[02:48]And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
[02:53]As he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist
[02:57]On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
[03:02]And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
[03:06]As I kissed her goodbye, I said, "All beauty must die"
[03:11]And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth
[03:18]They call me The Wild Rose
[03:25]But my name was Elisa Day
[03:30]Why they call me it I do not know
[03:36]For my name was Elisa Day