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