Where The Wild Roses Grow

Background Information

Released on October 2nd, 1995

Formats: 5"CD, MC, 7" Vinyl

B-sides: The Ballad of Robert Moore & Betty Coltrane (Non-Kylie track), The Willow Garden (Non-Kylie track)

Where the Wild Roses Grow was a duet with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds off of their album, Murder Ballads. The single turned out to be a big hit, and one of Kylie's most successful singles of the 90s, it was certified Gold in Germany. The cinematic music video featured both Kylie and Nick Cave, Kylie's character gets murdered by Nick's character. The single won two ARIAs for best pop release and single of the year.

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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
As she stared in my eyes and smiled
For her lips were the colour of the roses
They 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 the tears that ran down my face

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 rose
Said: 'Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?'
I nodded my head, as I layed on the bed
He said, 'If I show you the roses will you follow?'

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 stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist

On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
As I kissed her goodbye, I said, 'All beauty must die'
And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth