DESCRIPTION:
"Southern Wine" by Singer/Songwriter Patrick Walsh

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Lyrics:

ive got lead in my leg from a musket flash
i woke up in smoke with the taste of grass
i hear a lone bugle sadly singin out
sayin run men run todays a win for the south

them gray back boys had me locked up in chains
they were messin with my head tryin to twist on my brain
but a nurse came in she was to patch up my wounds
but she gave me a kiss and said they'll be hangin you soon

i was just a northern boy
down past the southern line
there ain't nothin' left in life to enjoy
once you taste that southern wine

i woke up to the sound of men marchin through
i peeked up through the window and them boys were all blue
i just leaned back and kept my head down low
and played like a dead man headin down below

i was sittin in a saloon sippin on a drink
when a dance hall girl came out dressed all in pink
i said im a gentlmen excuse me miss
i'll give you my life and my heart for a kiss

i was just a northern boy
down past the southern line
there ain't nothin' left in life to enjoy
once you taste that southern wine

an old man sittin on the front of his porch
rockin in his chair whistlin back and forth
a young boy walks up widdlin on some wood
and says hey mister tell me tell me somethin good

how can i end up a happy man like you
i see so many other men dyin from the blues
tell me the secret to life before im dead
the old man just smiled huh and then he said

i was just a northern boy
down past the southern line
there ain't nothin' left in life to enjoy
once you taste that southern wine