Chorus:
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

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


Chorus
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


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?


Chorus
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.