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Official HD music video for “Where The Wild Roses Grow’ by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds featuring Kylie Minogue. Download or Stream Watch Bad Seed TeeVee 24 hour Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds videos, interviews, live performances and more. Video directed by Rocky Schenck. ‘Where The Wild Roses Grow’ was the first single from the band’s 9th album ‘Murder Ballads’ and originally released in October 1995. The single featured guest vocals by Kylie Minogue with the Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Martyn P. Casey,Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage & Jim Sclavunos. Subscribe to Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Listen to the new album ‘Ghosteen’ here: Listen to The Best of Nick Cave & The Best on Spotify here: Listen to Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Essentials on Apple Music here: Visit the official Nick Cave merch store here: Find Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds on… Official website: Facebook: Twitter Instagram Spotify Apple Music Lyrics: 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 colour 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'd 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 leant down and planted a rose 'tween 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 (C)1995 Mute Records, a BMG Company. #NickCaveAndTheBadSeeds #WhereTheWildrosesGrow #KylieMinogue
