Where The Wild Roses Grow
by Metallica
But my name was Elisa Day
Why they call me that I do not know
For my name was Elisa Day
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
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
But my name was Elisa Day
Why they call me that I do not know
For my name was Elisa Day
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?
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?
But my name was Elisa Day
Why they call me that I do not know
For my name was Elisa Day
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
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
But my name was Elisa Day
Why they call me that I do not know
For my name was Elisa Day