LONELY WINE
(Roy Wells 1950)

recorded by -
Les Baxter's Orchestra & Chorus 1952
Patti Page 1953
Roy Orbison 1963
Mickey Gilley 1964
Don Estelle 1981
The Four Aces



as recorded by Patti Page

The night is bright and gay but I'm so blue,
My heart must have it's way and dream of you,
That's why I sigh and sip my lonely wine.

Your picture on the wall, your smiling face,
Brings back the memory of your embrace;
I start to cry into my lonely wine.

Teardrops fall but all they bring is heartache,
It's better if I never think at all.
Still, they soothe the pain my lonely thoughts make,
I never quite succeed in hiding all, so let 'em fall!

Wherever you may be, I'll still be true,
And when the clouds roll by I'll come to you,
But until then I'll drink my lonely wine!



as recorded by Mickey Gilley

The night is bright and gay but I'm so blue,
My heart must have it's way, I must dream of you,
That's why I cry into my lonely wine. (lonely wine)

Your picture on the wall, your smiling face,
Brings back the memories of your embrace;
I start to cry into my lonely wine. (lonely wine)

Teardrops fall but all they bring is heartaches,
It's better if I never think at all.
Still, they soothe the pain my lonely heart beats,
I never quite succeed in hiding all, I let 'em fall!

Wherever you may be, darling I'll be true,
And when the clouds roll by I'll run to you,
But until then I'll drink my lonely wine! (lonely wine)

Wherever you may be, darling I'll be true,
And when the clouds roll by I'll run to you,
But until then I'll drink my lonely wine! (lonely wine)





(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2017)