I have tasted bitter wine
And I know what it feels like to be down
I have heard my best friends lie
And I can’t get my feet up off the ground

Seems I hear my prayer
Falling on empty air
Bitter wine, the taste of things that cannot be

People hang around my place
They’re a kind I’ve been finding everywhere
Now they’re smiling to my face
But I know that tomorrow they won’t care

All alone am I
Watching my dreams go by
Bitter wine, the taste of things that cannot be

I go from town to town
No friends have I
A paid performing clown
Watch them laughing, look at me cry
Watch them laughing, look at me cry

I have tasted bitter wine
And I know what it feels like to be down
I have heard my best friends lie
And I can’t get my feet up off the ground
Seems I hear my prayer
Falling on empty air
Bitter wine, the taste of things that cannot be

Bitter wine [10x]