The Bottle That Pours the Wine  written by:David Ball
                                                        Allen Shamblin
                        performed by David Ball on Starlite Lounge
[Intro]
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1.I was heading for the bus
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  And another one night stand
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  He came up all starry eyed 
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  With my picture in his hand
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  He said "Mister I know by heart
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  Every song you do
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  When I grow up I want to sing
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  And be just like you"

2.Then he asked me how I wrote those songs
  Where do the words come from
  I fumbled for an answer
  But I could not think of one
  Then I shook his hand as the driver said
  "Load up it's time to leave"
  And then on the bus I scribbled down 
  These thoughts that came to me

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C.I'm just a bottle that pours the wine
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  A fragile vessel for melody and rhyme
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  Put me on a pedastal I'll fall and shatter every time
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  'Cause I'm just the bottle that pours the wine        

3.Tonight we play another show
  Down in San Antone
  For all the folks that come to hear
  I'll sing a brand new song
  It'll tell you where I'm comin' from
  More than anything
  And I'm gonna give it all I've got
  When I stand up there and sing

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                                transcribed by Paul Leafgreen
                                   leafgreen_p@alph.swosu.edu