[Chorus]
I see all these old ladies
Coming in here and buy cheap wine
They ain't no better
They ain't no better than all these bums
That come in here and buy cheap wine
[Verse 1]
I'm leanin' against the counter on a gloomy day
Snow fallin', clear the sidewalks and the entry way
For all the old folks, and the bums and hustlers and the rude kids
I can't stand the sight of any of 'em
I wish I could sell this place
I wish I could buy a boat
And sail away
[Chorus]
I see all these old ladies
Coming in here and buy cheap wine
They ain't no better
They ain't no better than all these bums
That come in here and buy cheap wine
[Verse 2]
And I know I ain't got it so bad
I can go home at night and sometimes
I quit drinkin' when I want to
There ain't nobody here to bother me
There ain't nobody here to bother me
I keep the liquor store open past curfew some nights
So I don't have to go home
[Chorus]
I see all these old ladies
Coming in here to buy cheap wine
They ain't no better, lord
No better than all these bums
That come in here and buy cheap wine
[Verse 3]
I never meant to do anything wrong or do any harm
I framed that kid, he wasn't so bright
He wasn't so bright, he was just drunk all the time
Anyway they killed him not me
I've got a business here to run
I've got property here
He had nothing
[Chorus]
I see all these old ladies
Coming in here to buy cheap wine
They ain't no better, lord
They ain't no better than all these bums
That come in here and buy cheap wine
[Verse 4]
But I'm better than all this
Crazy derelicts can go to hell
I'm better than this I make my own way
And sometimes
I'll open the store an hour before daybreak
And put all the labels facing out
I'm so tired of all these labels
Why don't they just say it
It's cheap wine
[Chorus]
I see all these old ladies
Coming in here to buy cheap wine
They ain't no better, lord
No better than all these bums
That come in here and buy cheap wine
[Outro]
Leanin' against the counter
On a gloomy day, snow fallin'
Clear the sidewalks and the entry way
Cheap Wine (2019 was written by Charlie Parr.
Charlie Parr released Cheap Wine (2019 on Fri Sep 27 2019.