Where the Wild Roses Grow Lyrics

Dig yourself, LazarusDig yourself, LazarusDig yourself, LazarusDig yourself, back in that holeLarry made his nest up in the autumn branchesBuilt from nothing but high hopes and thi...Read Full Lyrics

The wintergreen, the juniperThe cornflower and the chicoryWell all of the words you said to meAre still vibrating in the airThe elm, the ash and the linden treeThe dark and deep, e...Read Full Lyrics

It was back in '32 when times were hardHe had a Colt forty-five and a deck of cardsStagger Lee He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hatHad a '28 Ford, had payments on thatSta...Read Full Lyrics

The tree don't care what the little bird singsWe go down with the dew in the morning lightThe tree don't know what the little bird bringsWe go down with the dew in the morningAnd w...Read Full Lyrics

Mostly I never knew which way was outOnce it was on, it was on and that was thatThe umbilicus was a force that they'd found in rabid bloodThen I spin on my wheel like a laboratory ...Read Full Lyrics

It began when they come took me from my homeAnd put me in Dead RowOf which I am nearly wholly innocent, you knowAnd I'll say it againI am not afraid to dieI began to warm and chill...Read Full Lyrics

They call me The Wild RoseBut my name was Elisa DayWhy they call me it I do not knowFor my name was Elisa DayFrom the first day I saw her I knew she was the oneShe stared in my eye...Read Full Lyrics

It was back in '32 when times were hardHe had a Colt forty-five and a deck of cardsStagger Lee He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hatHad a '28 Ford, had payments on thatSta...Read Full Lyrics

With a crooked smile and a heart-shaped faceComes from the West country where the birds sing bassShe's got a house-big heart where we all liveAnd plead and council and forgiveHer w...Read Full Lyrics

I am a crooked manAnd I've walked a crooked mileNight, the shameless widowDoffed her weeds, in a pileThe stars all winked at meThey shamed a childYour funeral, my trialOne thousand...Read Full Lyrics