Strawberry Wine (Live In Oxford)

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 broke the armor
And the morning comes
'Til it's all just the same things again
Oh, god

Don't spend too much time on the other side
And forget to let the daylights in

Before you get old and you can't break out of it
My old friend
'Cause it's getting winter and if you want any flowers
Better get your seeds in, to the ground
I worry 'bout you
Why?
Because you want me to

Can you still lie 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 nails done, then she gossips
With the younger waitress girls down at the bar
The old "Irish Rose"
Drinkin' strawberry wine
'Til it comes out her nose

Don't spent too much time on the other side
And forget to let the daylight in

Before you get old and you can't break out of it
My old friend
'Cause it's getting winter and if you want any flowers
You better get your seeds in to the ground
I worry about you
Why?
Because you want me too

This fella downtown, he jumped off a bridge
He was angry about a letter he received from his friend
He fell into the arms of the most beautiful girl
That have ever, ever lived in the history of the world

And with nothing left to lose you get screwed
He sold his apartment before they made him move
Then he jumped right in to the San Francisco bay
Now he's out on Maggy's farm
Picking berries all day

So, don't spend too much time on the other side
Don't forget to let the daylights in

Marty was a kid when he learned to steal boats
His dad was a DJ on the radio
He fell in to a life of riverboat crime
Now 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 in to them strawberry vines
Lord knows you get lost
On that strawberry wine

So, don't spend too much time on the other side
Don't forget to let the daylight's in

Before you get old and you can't break out of it
My old friend
'Cause it's getting winter and if I want any flowers
You better get your seeds in to the ground
I worry about you
Don't worry about me
I'll be fine
I'm just sitting here laughing
Little old me
And my strawberry wine
Strawberry wine
Strawberry wine, mmm