Elderberry Wine
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the Album Don't Shoot Me (I'm only the piano player)
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There's a fly in the window
A dog in the yard
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And a year since I saw you
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There's a trunk in the corner
I keep all my letters
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My bills and demands I keep too
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Well I can't help thinking
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About the times
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You were a wife of mine
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You aimed to please me
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Cooked black-eyed peas-me
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Made elderberry wine
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Drunk all the time
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Feeling fine on elderberry wine
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Those were the days
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We'd lay in the haze
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Forget depressive times
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How can I ever get it together
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Without a wife in line
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To pick the crop and get me hot
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On elderberry wine
Round a tree in the summer
A fire in the fall
Flat out when they couldn't stand
The bottle went round
Passed on from hand to hand
Well I can't help thinking
About the times
You were a wife of mine
You aimed to please me
Cooked black-eyed peas-me
Made elderberry wine
chorus twice
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