Jennings Waylon Grapes On The Vine Lyrics

Grapes On The Vine Lyrics

Verse 1:

 There are songs that birds don't sing to people	     

 There are secrets that keep right through to the end	           

 There are heroes who hide until forever	                                    


 And I'm singing this song for one of them

 

 Verse 2:

 He's the man that you passed on the road there

 The one with his life on the loose	 

 Going either somewhere or nowhere	                     

 Going without me, without you

 

 Chorus:

 For he is this world's constant orphan

 Traveling out his lone time	 

 Living on apples from orchards

 Dying from grapes on the vine

 

 Verse 3:

 You can find him in big city winters

 Down where the mission bell cries	     

 And sorrow echoes through summer	        

 As he tries to close all his eyes

 

 Verse 4:

 You can find him in Pittsburgh in Christmas	         

 You can find him in Buffalo in June	       

 And he knows all the backroads between them

 Like the gypsy knows the moon

 

 Verse 5:

 And it's route 22 all over again

 Stick your thumb out and try to look like somebody's friend

 Look strong at the man, gentle at the girl

 And puzzled at the rest of the world

 

 Chorus.

 Living on apples from orchards

 Dying from grapes on the vine