Where The Wild Roses Grow Lyrics - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

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 

That 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 at the tears that ran down my face 

They call me 'The Wild Rose' 

But my name was Elisa Day 

Why they call me that, 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 

He said, "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?" 

They call me 'The Wild Rose' 

But my name was Elisa Day 

Why they call me that, I do not know 

For my name was Elisa Day 

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 

On the last day, I took her where the wild roses grow 

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 between her teeth 

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 

My name was Elisa Day 

For my name was Elisa Day