Lilac Wine
Cover of J. Shelton
Unreleased
Cover of J. Shelton
Unreleased
| Lyrics: I lost myself on a cool damp night Gave myself in that misty light Was hypnotized by a strange delight Under a lilac tree I made wine from the lilac tree Put my heart in its recipe It makes me see what I want to see And be what I want to be When I think more than I want to think Do things I never should do I drink much more that I ought to drink Because it brings me back you Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love Listen to me... I cannot see clearly Isn't that she coming to me nearly here? Lilac wine is sweet and heady where's my love? Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, where's my love? Listen to me, why is everything so hazy? Isn't that she, or am I just going crazy, dear? Lilac wine, I feel unready for my love... | Notes: Written by J. Shelton, performed by Nina Simone. 'I've only heard Nina Simone's...And that's the only one that matters. There's one by Ertha Kitt. There's one by Elkie Brooks, which I've never, ever heard. There's another one. But they've done it, but Nina does it best. That's the end all of it. That's the be all end all version. She's the king.' -- Jeff Buckley (Harris, Steve. Rockin' On (Japanese magazine), November 4, 1994) 'So let me tell you a story, this is for all the men in the tent, for all the men that fuck up with their women and have to drink. I know you've done it, said the wrong thing, didn't say the right, looked at somebody funny, criticized their favourite TV-program, something really really stupid, that you know you shouldn't have done, and so you get messed up on lilac wine.' -- Jeff Buckley (Roskilde, Denmark, 1995-06-30) 'This is a song that I find myself singing to myself a lot.' -- Jeff Buckley (Sandrigham Hotel, Perth, Australia, 02/25/96) (perhaps commenting on his own relationships with the women in his life) |