Strawberry Wine
He was working through college
On my grandpa's farm
I was thirsting for knowledge
And he had a car
Yeah, I was caught somewhere
Between a woman and a child
One restless summer we
Found love growing wild
On the banks of the river
On a well beaten path
It's funny how those
Memories they last
Like strawberry wine
And seventeen the hot July
Moon saw everything
My first taste of love
Oooooh bittersweet
Green on the vine
Like strawberry wine
I still remember
When thirty was old
My biggest fear was September
When he had to go
A few cards and letters and
One long distance call
We drifted away like the
leaves in the fall
But year after year I
Come back to this place
Just to remember the taste
Of strawberry wine
And seventeen the hot July
Moon saw everything
My first taste of love
Oooooh bittersweet
Green on the vine
Like strawberry wine
The fields have grown over now
Years since they've seen the plow
There's nothing time hasn't touched
Is it really him or the
Loss of my innocence
I've been missing so much
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh
Strawberry wine
Seventeen the hot July
Moon saw everything
My first taste of love
Oooooh bittersweet
Green on the vine
Like strawberry wine
And seventeen the hot July
Moon saw everything
My first taste of love
Oooooh bittersweet
Green on the vine
Like strawberry wine
November 2006