Eric Burdon - Spill The Wine Lyrics






I was once out strolling one very hot summer's day
When I thought I'd lay myself down to rest
In a big field of tall grass
I laid there in the sun and felt it caressing my face
As I fell asleep and dreamed
I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie
And that I was the star of the movie
This really blew my mind
The fact that me, an overfed long-haired leaping gnome
Should be the star of a Hollywood movie, hm
But there I was, mm
I was taken to a place
The hall of the mountain kings
I stood high upon a mountain top
Naked to the world
In front of
Every kind of girl
There was long ones, tall ones, short ones, brown ones
Black ones, round ones, big ones, crazy ones
Out of the middle came a lady
She whispered in my ear
Something crazy
She said

Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl

I thought to myself, what could that mean?
Am I going crazy, or is this just a dream?
Now wait a minute
I know I'm lying in a field of grass somewhere
So it's all in my head
And then I heard her say one more time

Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl

I could feel hot flames of fire roaring at my back
As she disappeared, but soon she returned
In her hand was a bottle of wine
In the other a glass
She poured some of the wine from the bottle into the glass
And raised it to her lips
And just before she drank it, she said

Take the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl, uh-huh, uh-huh
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Take that pearl, yeah
It's all yours
All you gotta do is spill that wine
Spill that wine, let me feel, let me feel hot, yeah, yeah, oh, uh-huh
Spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine
Spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine
Take that pearl
It's all yours





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  1. 4.... ....

    Dude with HOT PANTS...? And pantyhose?
    this sound like LOLA, L-O-L-A LOLA

  2. J.... M....

    awesome...

  3. m.... d....

    Great old song from my high school days

  4. R.... T....

    Fan fucking tastic. He was just awesome. So many acts out then maybe he should have got more attention. I always loved him. This was around 1967 I think. Great find thank you for posting

  5. M.... M....

    All this time I thought it was a rolling stone song. Yes course these guys are amazing

  6. R.... S....

    Is this just a dream?

    R.... S....

    I love the ending Poppin his mouth

  7. R.... Z....

    Great song

  8. W.... ....

    *those hot pants on dude tho😯😃🤣*

  9. B.... M....

    The guy second from right is dancing like he has to take a dump.

  10. A.... .....

    he KISSED me man!

  11. g.... l....

    Badass version.

  12. M.... R....

    Eric Burdon had and has an amazing voice

  13. K.... .....

    Usually i actully dont like live (not studio versions) but this one i love! It contains so much power and the fact that he's really putting his passion into his prefomance.

  14. W.... G....

    A big tall field of Mexican grass,today that would be considered"racist". Miss the pre PC 70's

    W.... G....

    Willie Gordon how could grass be racist? That makes no sense

  15. M.... C....

    You cant see the white guy singing cause those black guys want to make sure there names are shown covering the white guys face

  16. B.... G....

    This is at the airport, he was on his way to board a flight, saw these guys and started jamming, the bag he has is full of pot....yeahhhhh

  17. b.... ....

    Not great

  18. I.... S....

    Curious what was in his bag. Any guesses?

    I.... S....

    "spill the wine, take that pearl", my guess is pearls. ;)

    I.... S....

    @lowriderbandfan i could see that considering he alreadt "spilled" the wine 😁

  19. A.... V....

    Eric Burdon is the best rock singer ever. I always thought it was Robert Plant, but no singer has as much soul as Burdon. Even Don Lemon thinks Burdon is the best. Just listen to his revised version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" off the Eric Burdon Band's Sun Secrets LP. Coolest than you'll ever be.

  20. B.... M....

    My whole life i thought he was saying " do i ? Dig that girl?"

  21. T.... P....

    You are TOO COOL! If Ever i Can Play the Flute! Live On Mr. Burton!! LIVE ON!
    Psalms 37:29!

  22. e.... ....

    Pure fire, pure talent, drugs and dreams 😌

  23. M.... C....

    A song from back in the day of my youth. Love it.

  24. j.... l....

    That man thighs is out and he wearing girly sandals...he was way before his time..😂

  25. c.... ....

    Had no idea orange amps dated back that far.

  26. D.... V....

    flamengo

    quanta alegria
    esta nacao
    quanta emocao
    ver meu mengo
    serbicampeao
    com a taca
    na mao
    sua nacao
    canta grita
    mengo mengo
    e'bicampeao...

  27. u.... ....

    Eric has soul!

  28. A.... T....

    Para todas las bellaz hunnybees around the edges!!

    ..of the world!! :)

  29. R.... C....

    What happened to the guitar player's TROUSERS?

  30. S.... ....

    Steve Stalzle is a cool guy.

  31. C.... W....

    I am 63 and still digging this song. Loving all the replies here. Alot of deep thinkers here.

  32. J.... t....

    Wow when was this song made????? I so remember it.... Eric was the cool dude ... LOL

  33. B.... M....

    Excellent

  34. N.... F....

    Now I know where David Byrne got his singing style from.

  35. G.... W....

    Love this, so much energy....love the vocals and the flute player is great!!

  36. L.... M....

    Is that one dude wearing daisy dukes and dress shoes?? 😁

  37. p.... j....

    Talkin bout generation. !!!! Looking back we were so innocent everything was new & beautiful everyone was so beautiful too. Now days everyone is foul as well as their music. There will never be people like my generation again. I’d rather be there then here.

  38. H.... C....

    Awesome.

  39. L.... ....

    Great band and song.

  40. h.... ....

    Does he know where he is 😂

  41. m.... h....

    I could have used a little more cowbell.

  42. h.... ....

    Straight up vibin

  43. M.... ....

    Eric rockin' with War. It don't get no better.

  44. A.... S....

    When you watch this video,you are seeing "THE EGGMAN" that John Lennon sings about in "I'M THE WALRUS" !!! ACCORDING TO A RECENT PAUL McCARTNEY BIOGRAPHY,PAUL SAID THAT JOHN CALLED ERIC BURDON THE EGGMAN BECAUSE ERIC LIKED TO BREAK RAW EGGS OVER NAKED WOMEN WHEN HAVING SEX.

  45. w.... ....

    Feel very lucky three decades of fantastic music. Now Digital shit

  46. K.... M....

    Lordy, Lordy, is he hot and sexy intros video! Love the longer hair!

  47. K.... M....

    Eric Burdon-my favorite voice from the 60's British bands. Love him.

  48. B.... C....

    Almost a rap tune.

  49. C.... C....

    LOVE IT!!!

  50. T.... ....

    Ahhh ... I always loved this man ever since I was five years old and and saw him on my parents black and white GIANT Television 📺 and he was the singer for the band THE ANIMALS !!! Now I’m watching him decades later on my I phone in color and my phone only weighs a couple of ounces !!! WOW in my life time the world 🌎 went to just a couple of channels on TV to thousands of channels and dirty coal for heating into cyberspace , I pads I phones laptops but the music is not great any more with all the dirty RAP crap 💩 !!! I miss the good old days especially when SONNY and CHER were still married and had the Sonny and Cher Show !!! I miss bellbottoms and men with long hair and ice cream soda and jelly apples 🍎 !!! Thank you for sharing this video and thank you for the great memories !!! Peace ☮️ !!! ☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  51. l.... ....

    If you like 'Spill The Wine', you should check out 'Bare Back Ride' by Eric Burdon & WAR.

  52. E.... 2....

    Esta canción la pudo haber tocado Carlos Santana.

  53. M.... B....

    Saw WAR perform here in Southern Arizona recently.  Damn, they are tight!

    M.... B....

    That wasn't WAR. They may sound good to those who just want to hear WAR music, but all my friends know the Lowrider Band at facebook.com/LowriderBand are the original four of WAR, who sound even better because they are WAR. Peace.

  54. J.... o....

    Wow look at those vintage Orange amplifiers in the back.

  55. W.... 1....

    Boogie Nights is amazing! Boogie Nights, Big Lebowski and pulp fiction are three films I never get bored of. They're like hang out movies. Love the characters, love hanging out with the characters. Cool as!

  56. E.... C....

    Shorts on the guitar player are a bit sketchy...

  57. S.... ....

    Damn Samuel L. Jackson and Jimmy Fallon in a video

  58. m.... r....

    if u like this music u are under a spell of satan

  59. F.... c....

    saw him live at thundervalley casino and he just gets better with age.

  60. T.... S....

    I tell you what credit he gets he gets the credit for having a backup band like that... who? made up the song and is this original because it sure does sound like it and if it is.... War is the star because anybody could sing that song no disrespect just say it loud.... don't get me wrong this guy knows what the world is about and it's not about hate... the reason why.... the world is for everybody.. and when you think greed and Power and technology.... are what humans should strive for.. you'll find yourself like the Romans.. The World is too Small!!

  61. T.... B....

    Did Lee Oskar form this band?

    T.... B....

    No. WAR was originally started by guitarist, #HowardScott and drummer, #Harold Brown, as The Creators. Gradually they added, keyboardist, #LonnieJordan, bassist, #BBDickerson, sax/flute, #CharlesMiller, congas, #PapaDeeAllen, and became The Night Shift. #EricBurdon left The Animals looking for a new sound and found it with the southern California band, The Night Shift. Lee Oskar was added to the mix, and they were re-named Eric Burdon & WAR.

  62. T.... B....

    How did Eric Burden take over?

  63. P.... T....

    Oh yea!

  64. T.... S....

    Nothing wrong with a beautiful young woman paying respect to my generations music, thank you young lady! I dance to this when I'm cooking supper in my kitchen, this old man says, thank you!😃

  65. E.... R....

    😃😃😃Lee Oscar😀😀😀

  66. H.... 5....

    Gotta be the coolest song ever

  67. T.... C....

    The good years, boy what I would do to go back to those days, the world we live in know had gone mad!

  68. K.... P....

    His delivery isn't as psychedelic here

  69. M.... B....

    There was long one's, tall ones, short ones, brown ones
    Black ones, round ones, big ones, crazy ones.

  70. M.... N....

    To infinity and beyond!!! Uhuuuu

  71. P.... H....

    God Bless Matthew Buettner!! My man

  72. S.... B....

    Spill the wine, lick that pearl!

  73. M.... T....

    Chess is a game for grown ups, Mr. Burdon.

  74. S.... L....

    He had a soulful voice for a white guy . I love WARs greatest hits not a bad song on the album . I'm here in 2019 .

  75. G.... F....

    Heaven..

  76. k.... b....

    Lee Oskar came from Denmark...he name in Denmark was Oskar lee…..funny…...

  77. j.... t....

    Looks like the singer from the animals

    j.... t....

    He was the singer from The Animals.

  78. G.... P....

    Best frontman?

  79. D.... V....

    D,Maria concilia

    Meu anjo
    De guarda
    Minha luz!
    Que pessoa
    Linda!
    Foi bom
    Lhe conhecer
    Este olhar
    Nunca
    Vou esquecer!
    D,Maria concilia
    Minha poetisa
    Que me
    Inspirou!
    D,Maria concilia
    Quanta poesia
    Quanto amor!
    D,Maria concilia
    Com Deus
    Se encontrou!

  80. N.... 2....

    Im really sorry hearing him dropping the animals. I love their song , like " miss understood" , i have get outta here, etc...

  81. A.... R....

    Here I used to think this was actually about wine! Not cunninlingus

  82. s.... d....

    Eric Burdon - rock god vocalist. He has music in his bones!

  83. C.... L....

    Why has he got a bag

  84. b.... ....

    This is race relations We already reached this

  85. P.... M....

    I recall a long play version of Spill the Wine that has a long flute solo, I think it was from a concert, shout out to those that may know more.

  86. c.... ....

    When this tune comes on the radio, I crank it up and sing along. One of the greatest tunes of all time.

  87. l.... ....

    Declare WAR for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! Eric Burdon is in! #WhyCantWARgetIn?

  88. h.... ....

    Fuck, THIS is music! Eric & War... i get funky 2019!

  89. G.... 7....

    Eric totally reminds me of Adam Sandler.. especially his side profile.. I kno I'm not the only one who sees that right???

  90. S.... 3....

    Great stuff. Makes me wanna smack a white supremacist upside the head.

  91. I.... W....

    Always thought it was "spill the wine, take that girl"

    I.... W....

    @ IAMTHE WALRUS, Coo COO CACHOO, My friend you have good taste of listening Tunes. It really doesnt matter to me how you say or do it AS LONG AS YOU ENJOY YOUR SELF AND OTHERS. Sorry my caps were on. Makes for better effects though God Bless.

  92. F.... F....

    2019 - So bad

  93. T.... ....

    Didn't know Samuel L. Jackson played the flute

  94. H.... ....

    My old man loves the Stones, I’m a fan of the Liverpudlian quartet but we both love Eric Burden and War.

  95. E.... G....

    honestly after hearing this song i thought the singer was black! like when i heard macklemore too !

  96. D.... P....

    Dedicated to the memory of Uncle Phil

  97. T.... ....

    Volume way too low.

  98. T.... ....

    Hey fellas! Look at that fruitcake!

  99. D.... R....

    1971Spill the Wine.Drop some liquid"LSD" & melt away.Get Eric Boooyuh😎💨🇺🇸