Lyrics to
Strawberry Wine

This version of Strawberry Wine was released by The Band in 1970.

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I would try my finger and I would try my hand
At any fool game in this man’s land
But don’t you talk about this-a friend of mine,
I ain’t never been let down and you’d be wastin’ time.

I would scratch and steal, I would maim a man,
I would even run the bounty across the other country,
So don’t you talk about this here friend of mine,
I gave it all of my money, but it makes me feel fine.

Yeah, I know you won’t give me no peace of mind,
Try to understand I just wanna feel good all the time.
Don’t you talk about a dear old friend of mine,
Well, I know that you are sweet and more than double fine.
Everybody said you oughta marry that rich man down the line,
But if I had to make a choice I wouldn’t change my mind.
Honey, you just ain’t as sweet as my strawberry wine.

Yeah, You caught me when I’s down a-sleepin’ in the park,
Climbin’ up the walls and laughin’ in the dark.
But I heard you been talkin’ about a dear old friend of mine,
Never tasted anything as sweet as my strawberry wine.

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You can understand the lyrics to Strawberry Wine if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Strawberry Wine" means the words set to the music of Strawberry Wine, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Band. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Strawberry Wine and the lyrics to Strawberry Wine are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Strawberry Wine, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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