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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kylie Minogue
Shouts
Conway Savage
Vocals
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Vocals
Gregg Jackman
Remixer
Martyn P. Casey
Bass
Mick Harvey
Vocals
Blixa Bargeld
Guitar
Sue Simpson
Violin
Helen Mountfort
Cello
Thomas Wydler
Drums
Jim Sclavunos
Percussion
Kerran Coulter
Viola
Jen Anderson
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nick Cave
Composer
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
String Arranger
Mick Harvey
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Victor Van Vugt
Producer
Kylie Minogue
Producer
Conway Savage
Producer
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Producer
Gregg Jackman
Mixing Engineer
Martyn P. Casey
Producer
Mick Harvey
Producer
Simon Heyworth
Mastering Engineer
Blixa Bargeld
Producer
Thomas Wydler
Producer
Tony Cohen
Producer
Jim Sclavunos
Producer
Ray Staff
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Eliza 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 Eliza Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Eliza 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 Eliza Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Eliza 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 lied as a thief
And I kissed her goodbye, said "All beauty must die"
And I lent down and planted a rose 'tween her teeth
They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day
My name was Eliza Day
For my name was Eliza Day
Writer(s): Nick Cave
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