Tom Paxton - Bottle Of Wine Lyrics
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over
Singin' for nickels and dimes
Times getting tough, I ain't got enough
To buy a little bottle of wine
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over
Little hotel, older than Hell
Blanket too thin, I lay there and grin
'Cause I got a little bottle of wine
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over
Pain in my head and bugs in my bed
Pants are so old that they shine
Out on the street tell the people I meet
"Won'tcha buy me a bottle of wine?"
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over
Well, a preacher would preach, teacher would teach
A miner would dig in a mine
I ride the rods trustin' in God
A-huggin' my bottle of wine
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over
I went to the zoo for an hour or two
And the weather was pleasant and fine
While wanderin' by a gorilla said hi
Did you have a little bottle of wine
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over
While strugglin' through to meet the latest guru
I was the two-hundredth person in line
I turned to a friend and saw the same in the end
Why don't we get a little bottle of wine
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over
Jolie bouteille, sacrée bouteille
Veux-tu me laisser tranquille?
Je veux te quitter, je veux m'en aller
Je veux recommencer ma vie
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober?
Let me alone, let me go home
Let me go back to start over
Je veux recommencer ma vie
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Tom Paxton Bottle Of Wine Comments
Hic, good song Joe,hic. I love to sing along when I..batf..hear it. Burp, great tune, I'm gonna have me a ..barf, another one. Belch!
I saw the words "bottle of wine, fruit of the vine" in a book I am reading, knew it was from a song but couldn't think of which song. Of course I found this on line. I really like Tom Paxton but haven't listened for a while.
Tres bien! Merci beaucoup.
Jolie bouteille,sacree bouteille....
I hope he was joking when he said that the French pretend that that song is French because that song is sung in French by Graeme Allwright who sings Leonard Cohen's songs, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Tom Paxton and a bunch of other guys he translates their songs in French, sing also some in English and had success in France doing it since the early 60's, and every Graeme Alwright fan knows that these songs are not French songs.
3:11 Take a little break my ass. He's guzzling a chilled bottle of Bordeaux now.
Buckets of rain
Excellent ! Merci Tom, c'est le meilleur de ma jeunesse
Happy 80th, Tom (Oct 31, 1937 birth). Great song & story; would love to have been in the audience that night. Merci.
that guy is no ordinary guy
probably the greatest folk writer/singer of our time
hell yeah
I'll drink to that!
Up there with Phil Ochs and Leonard Cohen
An American treasure.
la version de Graeme Allwright n'est pas mal non plus.....
@ curnomsandcurelorns........first radio version I heard of this song was done by "Kingston Trio" Like the early 50's. OMG! I'm old!
Wow flashbacks. If you remember the 60's, then you weren't there.
+Mark Sheppard ?
i sure do¡nt!
We weren't pissed ALL the time. There are moments that I remember.
So true and I didn't even use drugs !
Was born in 61 so no, I don't remember the first part of the 60's but damn, I remember the last part...
God I love Tom Paxton...story of my life. Thank you Tom!
story of my wife lol
I love you Tom Paxton...hic!
The Fireballs -- who took this tune into the Top 10 in 1967.
What was the name of the band that made the famous recording of this song?
cumomsandcureloms The Fireballs?
TIIITTTTSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
check my channel if ya can
great and if im not mistaken Fred Sokolow on steel slide aswell
Wonderful song! First song I have learned well enough to play for friends and they love it! (not my voice of course :-) )
Hehehe... Actually I only knew Graeme Allwright’s French version so far; it’s great to hear the original. I don’t think people who discover the original French version of “My Way” are so happy (search for “Claude François, Comme d’habitude”).
You will have to know French very well to appreciate Claude Francois song Come d' habitude to appreciate it. Claude Francois was honored and very happy that his songs was sang in English by Frank Sinatra.
@ThePartienmer I always assumed the French lyrics could not be as smug and smarmy as Paul Anka's English lyrics - please tell me I'm right ... !
I like it.:)
Awesome, love this song
nice...
@hanterkant: FYI—
"Graeme Allwright (born November 7, 1926) is a singer-songwriter. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, he moved to France in 1948. He began to perform and write folk songs a few years later and was eventually signed by Sonogram.
*****In the 1960s, he translated into French a number of songs written by Leonard Cohen, Tom Paxton and Pete Seeger. He remained active through the 1970s.******"
TROP TOP
One of the greats - songs sung all over planet even in Scotland - Och Aye
one of my favorit singer
So sweet
@Faraway6265 Tom actually wrote this.
happy birthday to tom from oklahoma....