Poison Wine

from Heaven's Operahouse by Art Vandalay

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lyrics

Verse 1:
It crawls like a cobra ‘cross the desert plains
Creeps through the valley like a lion to tame
It’s the serpent inside, puts envy in your eyes
Like lookin’ for bigger diamonds to shine

Verse 2:
Never know when the shadows will trail you from behind
Turn you ‘to a stranger with a criminal mind
Who takes you by the hand, leads you to the other side
Where all the lotus eaters are drinkin’ that poison wine

Chorus:
Poison wine
Goes down easy
Poison grapes from a poison vine
It’s a bitch’s brew that’ll rob you blind
That poison wine

Verse 3:
It’s a wicked world of wolves and thieves
Angels and demons just plotting their schemes
Lookin’ for the fastest way to dig up the baron’s gold
They’d leave you blacklisted with no where to roam

Chorus:
Poison wine
Goes down easy
Poison grapes from a poison vine
It’s a bitch’s brew that’ll rob you blind
That poison wine

Verse 4:
The sun rises in the East and goes down where it feels
That darkness from behind, just two steps from your heals
That devil within’ he’d watch you drown
As your drinkin’ a jug that mortal sin

Chorus:
Poison wine
Goes down easy
Poison grapes from a poison vine
It’s a bitch’s brew that’ll rob you blind
That poison wine

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from Heaven's Operahouse, track released January 5, 2012

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Art Vandalay St Paul, Minnesota

Art Vandalay is a Twin Cities-based band that blends the vintage sounds of The Band and the easy-going vibe of J.J. Cale, creating laid-back Americana music with songs that are “impossibly catchy” (Duluth News Tribune).

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