"Where The Wild Roses Grow (Original Guide Vocal Version)" lyrics - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
[Chorus:]
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: Blixa Bargeld]
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:]
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'd seen
I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
So sweet and scarlet and free?"
[Verse 4: Blixa Bargeld]
On the second day he came with a single red rose
Said: "Will you 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 follow?"
[Chorus:]
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: Blixa Bargeld]
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 (stood smiling) above me with a rock in his fist
[Verse 6: Nick Cave]
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 lent down and planted a rose between her teeth
[Chorus:]
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
B-Sides & Rarities (Part I) (2005)
- Deanna (Acoustic Version)
- The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)
- City Of Refuge (Acoustic Version)
- The Moon Is In The Gutter
- The Six Strings That Drew Blood
- Rye Whiskey
- Running Scared
- Black Betty
- Scum
- The Girl At The Bottom Of My Glass
- The Train Song
- Cocks N' Asses
- Blue Bird
- Helpless
- God's Hotel
- (I'll Love You) Till The End Of The World
- Cassiel's Song
- Tower Of Song
- What Can I Give You
- What A Wonderful World
- Rainy Night In Soho
- Lucy (Version #2)
- Jack The Ripper (Acoustic Version)
- Sail Away
- There's No Night Out In The Jail
- That's What Jazz Is To Me
- The Willow Garden
- The Ballad Of Robert Moore And Betty Coltrane
- King Kong Kitchee Kitchee Ki-Mi-O
- Knoxville Girl
- Where The Wild Roses Grow (Original Guide Vocal Version)
- O'Malley's Bar (Part 1)
- O'Malley's Bar (Part 2)
- O'Malley's Bar (Part 3)
- O'Malley's Bar (Reprise)
- Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum
- Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)
- Little Empty Boat
- Right Now I'm A-Roaming
- Come Into My Sleep
- Black Hair (Band Version)
- Babe, I Got You Bad
- Sheep May Safely Graze
- Opium Tea
- Grief Came Riding
- Bless His Ever Loving Heart
- Good Good Day
- Little Janey's Gone
- I Feel So Good
- Shoot Me Down
- Swing Low
- Little Ghost Song
- Everything Must Converge
- Nocturama
- She's Leaving You
- Under This Moon