The Wine by Critical Error.
Album: Critical Error.
The Wine is a cover of a song by The Chillun.
The Chillun's version is here: https://soundcloud.com/wud-records/chillun-the-wine?in=wud-records/sets/the-chillun-the-chillun
THE WINE
Who's that sitting at the end of the bar
Pouring his drinks from an earthenware jar
What did you expect for this time of day
You buy him a drink and he'll go away
He's an all time loser that they taught to sing
Trouble and pain was all he could bring
He sits there drinking by the telephone
He can't get strength to go home alone
Cos the phone keeps ringing and there's no-one there
It's just a dirty trick to get him out of his chair
He dreams one day at the end of the line
A voice will say:
"Come taste the wine."
Sweet success looked him in the face
He said you're good but to win this race
You got to be mean enough to make you rich
Forget lady luck, she's a filthy bitch
And how, and how?
So our little boy singer with the sweet silver voice
Said to the man, "That's a hell of a choice.
What about fun and all the good times?"
"Forget about the rest, I want to taste the wine!"
Cos the phone keeps ringing and there's no-one there
It's just a dirty trick to get him out of his chair
He dreams one day at the end of the line
A voice will say:
"Come taste the wine."
I don't know what you thinking but it seems to be so plain
That you're not prepared to tell us all of things that seem so strange
The wine is there for taking by anyone who dares
But the the one who drinks the deepest is the one with smallest cares
Come taste the wine, the wine, come taste the wine
I need the wine
Whose that sitting at the end of the bar
Pouring his drinks from an earthenware jar
What did you expect for this time of day
You buy him a drink and he'll go away
He's an all time loser that they taught to sing
Trouble and pain was all he could bring
He sits there drinking by the telephone
He can't get strength to go home alone
Cos the phone keeps ringing and there's no-one there
It's just a dirty trick to get him out of his chair
He dreams one day at the end of the line
A voice will say:
"Come taste the wine."
Words and music by Andrew Russe.
This arrangement by Critical Error.
Performers:
Rosie Mullin - lead vocals
Steve Mavin - vocals and 6 string guitar
Aidan Whiteley - rhythm and lead guitar
Allan Veal - bass guitar
Recorded, engineered and produced by Paul Bateman at 32 Howell Road, Exeter.
Mixed by Paul Bateman and Critical Error.
Cassette salvage by Paul Bateman.
Logistics and co-ordination by Rosie Mullin.
Audio cleaned and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, October 2020.
Cover illustration by Paul Bateman.
Copyright ℗ 1982 The Chillun.
Copyright © 2020 Wud Records.
See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/critical-error/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/the-chillun/
https://substanceandshadow.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/WudRecords
