Good Red Wine-Stephen Kellogg

[ti:Good Red Wine] [ar:Stephen Kellogg] [al:Blunderstone Rookery] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.73]She pours a glass of good red wine [00:03.60] [00:04.28]Do you mind [00:04.85]He says and does the same [00:06.76] [00:09.01]The wedding photo in the hall stares [00:11.81]Back at strangers from it's frame [00:14.99] [00:15.68]In these familiar rooms where [00:19.70]They watched the years go by [00:21.72] [00:23.71]Somewhere along the way [00:25.21] [00:27.25]They both stopped trying to try [00:29.60] [00:31.90]And in his mind he can still see her in that [00:36.76]Black dress he adored [00:38.80] [00:41.29]Her girlfriends all looked up to her [00:43.35] [00:44.55]And the men were always floored [00:47.06] [00:47.68]She interrupts his daydream [00:49.10] [00:51.46]With a question of her own [00:53.31] [00:55.03]And for the first time [00:56.06]In a long time he doesn't feel like he's alone [01:01.01] [01:03.40]And she says Why did you never take me to Paris [01:08.27]Or write my name in the stars [01:10.95] [01:12.47]Why when you see that I need it the most [01:15.85]Don't you try take me in your arms [01:19.11]Whispering sweet consolations as if the die weren't cast [01:25.31] [01:27.60]And he looked surprised and said [01:29.94]I guess it cause you never asked [01:32.51] [01:35.06]You never asked [01:37.61] [01:38.97]You never asked [01:41.05] [01:43.42]There's nothing [01:44.05]That I can do that could change the past [01:48.51] [01:51.16]And in her mind she can still [01:53.63]See him on his graduation day [01:57.61] [01:58.73]In a beard and horn rimmed glasses [02:01.22] [02:02.22]And a smile that seemed to say [02:04.83]You'll never want for anything [02:06.59] [02:08.33]If you stick close by me [02:10.01] [02:11.94]He interrupts her daydream and says [02:15.35]I know what you mean [02:17.08] [02:19.68]But why do you roll your eyes at my stories [02:23.10]And jokes that you used to like [02:25.20] [02:26.76]Why do you turn away from me when [02:29.79]I lie down beside you at night [02:32.29]When my confidence is shaken [02:34.26] [02:35.73]Why don't you build me up from scratch [02:38.04] [02:39.67]She looked surprised and said that against [02:42.64]Because you never asked [02:44.20] [02:46.31]You've never asked [02:48.23] [02:49.81]You've never asked [02:51.41] [02:53.45]There's nothing that we can do that could change the past [02:58.04] [03:00.57]So right now I'm asking do you love me [03:04.33]Right now I'm asking do you still give a damn [03:09.08] [03:10.87]I don't know [03:11.44] [03:44.17]Thank God for red wine and an antique kitchen light [03:49.34] [03:52.00]That let's the shadows dance across the floor [03:54.66]And hit both their faces just right [03:57.55] [04:00.32]Till they're saying Why don't we take a blanket out back [04:04.63] [04:05.49]And watch the stars from the lawn [04:08.01] [04:09.76]We can pretend it's the banks of the Seine [04:13.23]And laugh at those dumb old stories until just before dawn [04:16.98] [04:18.35]And we'll make it like the first time or as if it was the last [04:24.28] [04:26.65]We'll answer every question we were too afraid to ask [04:31.84] [04:34.77]The answer's always no if you never dare to ask [04:40.28] [04:40.89]Good Red Wine - Stephen Kellogg