Strawberry Wine

[Verse 1]

Last night the street collapsed on itself

In fact, it broke right in two

And I fell in the strawberry vines

Into a pool of strawberry wine

Strawberry wine and clouds

Burning in the desert, surrounded in flowers

But the stems break the armor

And the morning comes

Till its all just the same things again, oh God

[Pre-Chorus]

Don't spend too much time on the other side

Let the daylight in

[Chorus]

Before you get old and you can't break out of it

My old friend

'Cause its getting winter and if you want any flowers

You gotta get your seeds into the ground

And I worry about you

Why? Because you want me to

[Verse 2]

Can you still have any famous last words

If you're somebody nobody knows

I don't know, somebody go and ask Clair

She's been dead twenty years, just look at her hair

Strawberry blonde with curls

She gets her hair done then she gossips

With the younger waitress girls at the bar

The old Irish Rose

Drinking strawberry wine

Till it comes out her nose

[Pre-Chorus]

She spent too much time on the other side

She forgot to let the daylight in

[Chorus]

So before you get old you'd better break out of it

My old friend

'Cause its getting winter and if you want any flowers

You gotta get your seeds into the ground

And I worry 'bout you

Why? Because you want me too

[Verse 3]

This fella downtown, he jumped off a bridge

He was angry about a letter he received from his friend

He fell in

To the arms of the most beautiful girl

That had ever, ever lived in the history of the world

And with nothing left to lose he got screwed

He sold his apartment before they made him move

Then he jumped straight into the San Francisco Bay

Now he lives on Molly's farm

Picking berries all day

[Pre-Chorus]

Don't spend too much time on the other side

Let the daylight in

[Verse 4]

Marty was a kid when he learned to steal boats

His dad was a DJ on the radio

He fell into a life of riverboatin' crime

He's the man you see in prison

If you want strawberry wine

Strawberry wine and smokes

He sent a letter to his friend

Explaining one night on coke

He and Clair jumped right into them strawberry vines

And Lord knows you get lost on that strawberry wine

[Pre-Chorus]

Don't spend too much time on the other side

Let the daylight in

[Chorus]

Now I'm getting old and I gotta break out of it

My old friend

'Cause its getting winter and if I want any flowers

I've gotta get my seeds into the ground

And if you worry about me

Don't bother

Why?

[Outro]

I'll be fine

I'm just sitting here laughing

Little old me and my strawberry wine

Strawberry wine