Lovers see the world through an old, red wine   All the sounds of the blues, just disappear   With a light like yours beside me   It's been an old, old red wine year      And just how many times did I watch you smile   And how long has it been   Since my eyes, in tender desperation   Gathered every memory, every scene      And Ah! Last summer on the beach your legs were brown as pecan stains   And how, with dripping faces we would skid to shelter in the pouring rain   But if the game's so low and painful   And if every moment brings no peace   It's just a shame to play      Now in the end there's the long road home   And the party's so dry, without you   Oh my lady, if you have to leave me   Please don't leave me sober, leave me blue