Critical Error: The Wine

The Wine by Critical Error. Album: Critical Error. The Wine is a cover of a song by The Chillun. The Chillun's version is here: https://soundcloud.com/wud-records/chillun-the-wine?in=wud-records/sets/the-chillun-the-chillun THE WINE Who's that sitting at the end of the bar Pouring his drinks from an earthenware jar What did you expect for this time of day You buy him a drink and he'll go away He's an all time loser that they taught to sing Trouble and pain was all he could bring He sits there drinking by the telephone He can't get strength to go home alone Cos the phone keeps ringing and there's no-one there It's just a dirty trick to get him out of his chair He dreams one day at the end of the line A voice will say: "Come taste the wine." Sweet success looked him in the face He said you're good but to win this race You got to be mean enough to make you rich Forget lady luck, she's a filthy bitch And how, and how? So our little boy singer with the sweet silver voice Said to the man, "That's a hell of a choice. What about fun and all the good times?" "Forget about the rest, I want to taste the wine!" Cos the phone keeps ringing and there's no-one there It's just a dirty trick to get him out of his chair He dreams one day at the end of the line A voice will say: "Come taste the wine." I don't know what you thinking but it seems to be so plain That you're not prepared to tell us all of things that seem so strange The wine is there for taking by anyone who dares But the the one who drinks the deepest is the one with smallest cares Come taste the wine, the wine, come taste the wine I need the wine Whose that sitting at the end of the bar Pouring his drinks from an earthenware jar What did you expect for this time of day You buy him a drink and he'll go away He's an all time loser that they taught to sing Trouble and pain was all he could bring He sits there drinking by the telephone He can't get strength to go home alone Cos the phone keeps ringing and there's no-one there It's just a dirty trick to get him out of his chair He dreams one day at the end of the line A voice will say: "Come taste the wine." Words and music by Andrew Russe. This arrangement by Critical Error. Performers: Rosie Mullin - lead vocals Steve Mavin - vocals and 6 string guitar Aidan Whiteley - rhythm and lead guitar Allan Veal - bass guitar Recorded, engineered and produced by Paul Bateman at 32 Howell Road, Exeter. Mixed by Paul Bateman and Critical Error. Cassette salvage by Paul Bateman. Logistics and co-ordination by Rosie Mullin. Audio cleaned and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, October 2020. Cover illustration by Paul Bateman. Copyright ℗ 1982 The Chillun. Copyright © 2020 Wud Records. See also: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/critical-error/ https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/the-chillun/ https://substanceandshadow.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/WudRecords