Wine to Water
Standing at her riverbank
see it running black and thin
She’s telling me to cross to her
But there’s no way back once you step in
and on the other side a place
where you’re not a wanted man
and all the yearning promises
of an undiscovered land
an undiscovered land
You can't touch her south of the border
She's gonna change your wine into water
knows the night becomes her
Wears the darkness as a veil
lips are running scarlet
With the promises they entail
And still you try to reach them
and the troubles that await
hear her name in legion
call you closer to your fate
Closer to your fate
You can't touch her south of the border
She's gonna change your wine into water
Sometimes when I feel a little strange
Sometimes when I’m feeling low
I still feel her carving my name
Deep in the wood
Of a cross beside the road
(C) 2012 Michael JE Barry/Paul A Read