Where The Wild Roses Grow

Kylie Minogue, Nick Cave, The Bad Seeds

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  R1:
  SHE: 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
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  S1:
  HE: 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
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  S2:
  SHE: 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
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  R1:
  BOTH: They call me The Wild Rose  

  SHE: But my name was Elisa Day 

  BOTH: Why they call me it I do not know  

  SHE: For my name was Elisa Day
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  S3:
  HE: On the second day I brought her a flower 

  She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen 

  I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow 

  So sweet and scarlet and free?"
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  S4:
  SHE: On the second day he came with a single red rose 

  He said, "Will you 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?"
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  R1:
  BOTH: They call me The Wild Rose  

  SHE: But my name was Elisa Day 

  BOTH: Why they call me it I do not know  

  SHE: For my name was Elisa Day
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  S5:
  SHE: 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
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  S6:
  HE: On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow 

  And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief 

  And I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die" 

  And I lent down and planted a rose 'tween her teeth
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  R1:
  BOTH: They call me The Wild Rose  

  SHE: But my name was Elisa Day 

  BOTH: Why they call me it I do not know  

  SHE: For my name was Elisa Day 

  My name was Elisa Day 

  For my name was Elisa Day