Green Wine

One, two, three, four

I had nothing to say on Christmas Day

When you threw all your clothes in the snow

When you burnt your hair and you knocked over chairs

I just tried to stay out of your way

When you fell asleep with blood on your teeth

I just got in my car and drove away

They said to me, "Butterfly

You know there's only so much wine

That you can drink in one life

But will never be enough to save you from

The bottom of your glass"

Where the state highway starts

I stop my car

I get out to stare up at the stars

And as meteors died and shot across the sky

Just thought about your sad, shining eyes

When I went back for my clothes

When the sun finally rose

Oh, and you were still passed out on the floor

They said to me, "Butterfly, no

You know, there's only so much wine

That you can drink in one life

It will never be enough

To save you from the bottom of your glass"