Where The Wild Roses Grow Nick Cave Murder Ballads [00:10]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 [00:28]For my name was Elisa Day [00:33]From the first day I saw her [00:35]I knew she was the one [00:38]As she stared in my eyes and smiled [00:42]For her lips were the color 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 [01:05]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 [01:35]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 [01:49]So sweet and scarlet and free?" [01:54]On the second day he came with a single red rose [01:59]Said: "Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?" [02:03]I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed [02:08]He said, "If I show you the roses will you follow?" [02:15]They call me the Wild Rose [02:22]But my name was Elisa Day [02:26]Why they call me it I do not know [02:32]For my name was Elisa Day [02:38]On the third day he took me to the river [02:42]He showed me the roses and we kissed [02:47]And the last thing I heard was a muttered word [02:52]As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist [02:56]On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow [03:01]And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief [03:05]And I kissed her goodbye, I said "All beauty must die" [03:10]And lent down and planted a rose 'tween her teeth. [03:16]They call me the Wild Rose [03:23]But my name was Elisa Day [03:28]Why they call me it I do not know [03:35]For my name was Elisa Day