I'm hangin' around this dirty old town Playin' for nickels and dimes
Askin' a friend just to lend me a hand To get a little bottle of wine
Fruit of the vine When you gonna let me get sober?
Leave me alone and let me go home Let me go back and start over
A sleazy hotel as cold as a well And dark as a coal in the mines
Blankets so thin I lay here and grin Huggin' to my bottle of wine
Bottle of wine Fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober? Leave me alone and let me go home
Let me go back and start over
A preacher will preach, a teacher will teach A miner will dig in the mines
I ride the rides of trustin' in God Huggin' to my bottle of wine
Bottle of wine Fruit of the vine
When you gonna let me get sober? Leave me alone and let me go home
Let me go back and start over
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