[Verse 1]
If you'll take the time and trouble
I've a story I'll relay
How I drank away my freedom
Drank the past to a prison gate

[Chorus]
Once love came in sweetest splendor
Angel's love I thought was mine
How I tried to quit my drinking
The devil's own red wicked wine
The devil's own red wicked wine

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
Then one night I found my darling
Locked in the arms of my best friend
Wicked wine and a loaded pistol
Brought them both to a bloody end

[Chorus]
I have traded love and freedom
For prison stripes and a tortured mind
Now I know but grief and sorrow
All for the love of wicked wine
The devil's own red wicked wine