Tears will be the chaser for your wine 
You sit there and tell me how you'd like to be free 
You're tired of bein' tied down to a home and family 
You say you miss the bright lights along the great white way 
Little do you realize the price you have to pay 
Tears will be the chaser for your wine after you leave this love of mine 
Bright lights and taverns that's where you'll spend your time 
And tears will be the chaser for your wine 

Before you make up your mind you really want to go 
Stop and think it over there's something you don't know 
When the part is over then what will you do 
When you wanna come back there'll be no place for you 
And tears will be the chaser...