NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS + KYLIE MINOGUE
2. Oktober 1995
CH 11 / DE 12 / AT 4 / UK 11 / EU 8 / AU 2 / US - / CA - / JP -
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Die Veröffentlichung von «Time Will Pass You By», der geplanten 4. Single aus dem Album «Kylie Minogue», wurde gecancelt für die wunderschöne Mörder-Ballade «Where The Wild Roses Grow». Kylie und Nick Cave schafften es Europaweit in die Top 20 und wurden zum ungewöhnlichsten Duett-Paar der Pop-Geschichte. «Where The Wild Roses Grow» erreichte Platz 2 in Australien und wurde als bester Pop Release und beste Single des Jahres mit zwei ARIA Awards geehrt.
Written by: Nick Cave
Produced by: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Tony Cohen / Victor Van Vugt
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 color 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
[Chorus]
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'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?"
[Repeat Chorus]
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, and went 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
[Repeat Chorus]
My name was Elisa Day
For my name was Elisa Day