The Winery

[Verse 1]

You moved up near the winery

I'm down by the oil refinery

You left my rags for his riches

Left a note, best wishes

[Verse 2]

Our cats still go out at night

Cooing in the moonlight

And the lights of Martinez

Scattered on the Carquinez

[Verse 3]

I play guitar 'til morning light

Alone with it I've built my life

I made some lovers through my skills

Some have lasted, others just filled time

[Verse 4]

Remembering you there with me

Taking walks along the sea

Years fly by, cursing us

End of summer, end of fall, winter, spring

[Verse 5]

Listening to Almeida play

Pavane for a dead princess

Tárrega and Albéniz

And his own discantus

[Verse 6]

Santos versus Benítez

Espada versus Cuevas

Ray Leonard versus Durán, no more, no more

My TV glows, my ceiling fan hums

[Verse 7]

Iron Mike broke bones

Julian Bream played the chaconne

Bobby Fischer took rooks

Smoking Joe threw hooks

[Verse 8]

Robert Burns wrote poems

Ed Gein dug bones

Martin Luther had a dream

You never did anything

[Verse 9]

You’re up there in the vineyards

Using some pretty words

You eat at French Laundry

Burning through money

[Verse 10]

And I’m here eating pistachio nuts

Over by the Taco truck

Scribbling words on receipts

Just go on and repeat

[Verse 11]

I walk along the service stops

And the antique shops

Come home every evening

Hear the dogs howling