[Verse 1] You set the table for two again White cotton cloth and a ceiling fan The porch light hums like a quiet prayer And I know I’m supposed to want to stay there You talk about April, you talk about June A little house with a little blue room I watch your hands as they fold in mine Like I’m already yours by suppertime [Pre-Chorus] And I don’t mean to be unkind But I can feel another life Breathing somewhere down the line [Chorus] There’s a glass of water And a glass of wine One keeps me steady One keeps me lying awake at night You say, “Baby, choose the clear one” I say, “Honey, I’m trying” But I keep reaching for the danger In a glass of wine [Verse 2] You call it trouble when I call it light You call it leaving when I call it life You want the morning, clean and pale I want the story I’m afraid to tell There’s nothing wrong with a gentle man Nothing broken in a wedding band But I hear music through the kitchen wall And I can’t pretend I don’t hear it at all [Pre-Chorus] So don’t ask me where I’ve been When my body’s in the room But my heart is gone again [Chorus] There’s a glass of water And a glass of wine One keeps me steady One keeps me lying awake at night You say, “Baby, choose the clear one” I say, “Honey, I’m trying” But I keep reaching for the danger In a glass of wine [Bridge] Water on the windowsill Wine underneath the bed One is what I ought to want One is what I said One will cool my fever down One will make it rise One looks clean in morning light One tells the truth at night [Verse 3] I wish I wanted the simple thing The silver key and the diamond ring I wish the quiet felt like peace And not like somebody closing over me So let me sit here a little while Let me love you without a trial Let me look at both and take my time A glass of water, a glass of wine [Final Chorus] There’s a glass of water And a glass of wine One keeps me steady One keeps me lying awake at night You say, “Baby, choose the clear one” I say, “Honey, I’m trying” But my hand knows before my heart does Where it’s going every time There’s a glass of water And a glass of wine One could make a good girl of me One could make me mine [Outro] So leave them on the table Don’t ask me for a sign I’m not thirsty for the water Not finished with the wine Not finished with the wine
