Leftover Wine Lyrics

[Words and Music by Melanie Safka]
[1970]

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'll sing them 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
(and) 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
I'm gonna spend my whole life
making the time rhyme
And then I'm gonna run to the people
And I'll sing them 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

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