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They call me The Wild Ro-ose
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But my name was Elisa Day
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Why they call me that I do not kno-ow
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For my name was Elisa Day
[Verse 1 - He]
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On the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
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She stared in my eyes and smiled
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For her lips were the colour of the roses
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They grew down the river, all bloody and wild
[Verse 2 - 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 up the tears that ran down my face
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[Verse 3 - 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?"
[Verse 4 - She]
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?"
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[Verse 5 - 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
[Verse 6 - He]
On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
She lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
As I kissed her goodbye, I said, "All beauty must die"
And I lent down and planted a rose ‘tween her teeth
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For my name was Elisa Day
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For my name was Elisa Day