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Leftover Wine Lyrics
What do you do when the people go home
And what do you do when the show is all done
I know what I'll do in the alone of my time
But what will I do with the leftover wine
A line from a poem of my childhood has said
That visions of sugarplums were gonna dance in my head
I'll spend my whole life making the time rhyme
But I'll still have a bowl of leftover wine
I'll spend my whole life making the time rhyme
And then I'll sing them a song of mine
You know I'm gonna do anything
Just to take up time
'Cause I can't find a taker for the leftover wine
(and) what do you do when the people go home
And what do you do when the show is all done
I know what I'll do in the alone of my time
But what will I do with the leftover wine
I'm gonna spend my whole life making the time rhyme
And then I'm gonna run to the people
And I'll sing them a song of mine
You know I'm gonna do anything
Just to take up time
'Cause I can't find a taker for the leftover wine
I'll drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
Because I can't stand the taste of that leftover wine
And I'm gonna drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
Because I can't stand the taste of leftover wine
And I'll drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
I can't stand the taste of leftover wine
And what do you do when the show is all done
I know what I'll do in the alone of my time
But what will I do with the leftover wine
That visions of sugarplums were gonna dance in my head
I'll spend my whole life making the time rhyme
But I'll still have a bowl of leftover wine
And then I'll sing them a song of mine
You know I'm gonna do anything
Just to take up time
(and) what do you do when the people go home
And what do you do when the show is all done
I know what I'll do in the alone of my time
I'm gonna spend my whole life making the time rhyme
And then I'm gonna run to the people
And I'll sing them a song of mine
Just to take up time
'Cause I can't find a taker for the leftover wine
I'll drink some of yours
Because I can't stand the taste of that leftover wine
And I'm gonna drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
And I'll drink some of yours
If you'll drink all of mine
I can't stand the taste of leftover wine
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None like her..... she was unique since '68.... check out her 4 sides album that turns into a box....Awesome stuff totally Melanie!
I suspect this song is simply a nice melody to explore her unique vocalizations and range. The melancholy lyrics do not seem to have any deep significance. That being said, I really like this song which I only recently discovered. I may have heard it briefly long ago and had no interest in it then. I was not a fan in her heyday, as I was sick of constantly hearing her roller skate song on the radio. Ugh!