Artists
Musicians featured in this piece are:
Melanie – lead vocals and acoustic guitar
The song was written by Melanie Safka. Produced and arranged by Peter Schekeryk, recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1970.
Note: The vast majority of the Leftover Wine album — including the title track — was recorded live at Carnegie Hall with Melanie performing solo, accompanied only by her acoustic guitar.
Melanie – Leftover Wine Lyrics
What do you do when the people go home?
And what do you do when the show is all done?
I know what I’ll do in the alone of my time
But what will I do with the leftover wine
A line from a poem of my childhood has said
That visions of sugarplums were gonna dance in my head
I’ll spend my whole life making the time rhyme
But I’ll still have a bowl of leftover wine
I’ll spend my whole life making the time rhyme
And then I’m gonna run to the people
And I’ll sing ’em a song of mine
You know I’m gonna do anything just to take up time
‘Cause I can’t find a taker for the leftover wine
What do you do when the people go home?
What do you do when the show is all done?
I know what I’ll do in the alone of my time
But what will I do with the leftover wine
I’m gonna spend my whole life making the time rhyme
And then I’m gonna run to the people
And I’ll sing ’em a song of mine, you know
I’m gonna do anything just to take up time
‘Cause I can’t find a taker for the leftover wine
I’ll drink some of yours, if you’ll drink all of mine
Because I can’t stand the taste of that leftover wine
And I’m gonna drink some of yours, if you’ll drink all of mine
Because I can’t stand the taste of leftover wine
And I’ll drink some of yours, if you’ll drink all of mine
I can’t stand the taste of leftover wine
To listen to other songs from the Teleskop 9 program and the full program, click here.