Sweet Wine of Sorrow Lyrics

Hallelujah I'd trade anything I can beg steal or borrow
I was cursed from the first with a thirst for that
Sweet wine of sorrow

Now I'm shattered on the sidewalk like them dishes that
They brought
When you were swollen with my baby and your daddy
Bought that shotgun when we got caught


And now there ain't much that matters and to tell the truth I still don't understand
So I think I'll go down to Madame Moreass and just pretend you ever gave a damn


I have drank from the cup of your soul like there ain't
No tomorrow
I been cursed from the first with a thirst for that
Sweet wine of sorrow

Hallelujah I'd trade anything I can beg steal or borrow
I was cursed from the first with a thirst for that
Sweet wine of sorrow

Baby I's cursed from the first with a thirst for that
Sweet wine of sorrow

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Genius Annotation

This is an apology of sorts, to a woman from a man mired in self-pity and lost in himself. It’s loaded with metaphors and the melody is perfect for the protagonist’s mood.

It’s a song that will remind some of Kris Kristofferson’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down”.

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Release Date
July 26, 2005
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