Wine, pretty red wine, pretty red wine, pretty red wine

It cost me my family, cost me my home
And gave me a dark dirty street to roam
Made me a drifter, made me a bum
A lookin' for a hand out, a lookin' for a chum
To get wine, pretty red wine, pretty red wine, pretty red wine

Wine, pretty red wine, pretty red wine, pretty red wine

It's cold in the country, it's cold in the town
It's cold anywhere when you sleep on the ground
I lost all my courage, lost all my pride
Where, oh Lord, can a wino hide
From wine, pretty red wine, pretty red wine, pretty red wine

Wine, pretty red wine, pretty red wine, pretty red wine...