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Intro

Last night the street collapsed on itself

In fact it broke right in two

 And I fell in strawberry vines

Into a pool of strawberry wine

Strawberry wine inclines

Burning in the desert surrounded by fires

 but the stems break beyond more than the morning calls

Till its all just the same thing again oh god

Dont spend too much time on the other side

Let the daylight in

Before you give up and you cant break out of it my old friend

Cause its getting worse if you want any flowers

 You better get your seeds into the ground

 And I worry about you

Why? Because you want me to

Can you still have any famous last words

If youre somebody nobody knows

 I don't know

Somebody go and ask Claire, she's been dead 20 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

Dont spend too much time on the other side

Let the daylight in

Before you give up and you cant break out of it my old friend

Cause its getting worse if you want any flowers

 You better get your seeds into the ground

 And I worry about you

Why? Because you want me to

Marty was a kid when he learned to sail boats

 His dad was a DJ on the radio

He fell into a life of river boating crime

Now he's the man you see in prison if you want strawberry wine

Strawberry wine or smokes

He sent a letter to his friend explaining one night on coke

 He and Claire jumped right into them strawberry vines

Lord knows you get lost on that strawberry wine

Dont spend too much time on the other side

Let the daylight in

This fellow downtown he jumped off a bridge

He was angry about a letter he received from his friend

He jumped into the banks of San Francisco Bay

Picking strawberries in the clouds all day

Cause with nothing left to lose you get screwed

You sell your apartment before they make you move

Then you jump straight into the arms of the most beautiful girl

Who had never ever lived in the history of the world

And with nothing left to prove you get screwed

And sell your apartment before they make you move

Gonna jump straight into the darkened bay

Picking strawberries with strawberry wine all day

So don't spend too much time on the other side

Dont forget to let the daylight in

Cause before you get old you better break out of it my old friend

Cause its getting better and if you want any flowers

You better get your seeds into the ground

Cause I worry about you

Why? Dont bother to ask me why

I'll be fine just sitting here laughing

Little old me and my strawberry wine

Strawberry wine

Strawberry wine