
Wild Grapes
[Verse 1] Well I planted a garden on a hill of stone, Cleared out the briars, made the place my own. Built me a tower, dug a well so deep, Waited on the harvest, but the vines don’t keep. [Chorus] Singin’ oh, wild grapes, bitter on the tongue, Sweet dreams wasted, where did it go wrong? Oh, wild grapes, shadows in the sun, Dance ‘til the morning, what’s been sown can’t be undone. [Verse 2] Played my harp in the twilight, let the soil rest, But the roots ran crooked, never bore the best. Called for justice, but the ground cried blood, Mercy was a whisper swallowed by the flood. [Chorus] Singin’ oh, wild grapes, bitter on the tongue, Sweet dreams wasted, where did it go wrong? Oh, wild grapes, shadows in the sun, Dance ‘til the morning, what’s been sown can’t be undone. [Bridge] Now the fences are falling, jackals move in, What was a garden, turned wasteland again. Moonlight on the ruins, silence on the hill, Even broken earth’s got a story to spill. [Chorus] Singin’ oh, wild grapes, bitter on the tongue, Sweet dreams wasted, where did it go wrong? Oh, wild grapes, shadows in the sun, Dance ‘til the morning, what’s been sown can’t be undone. [Outro – Jam space] Roll on, river, through the valley low, Carry the sorrow where the wild winds go. Roll on, thunder, shake this hollow land, Still I’m just a dreamer with dirt in my hands. [Chorus] Singin’ oh, wild grapes, bitter on the tongue, Sweet dreams wasted, where did it go wrong? Oh, wild grapes, shadows in the sun, Dance ‘til the morning, what’s been sown can’t be undone.

