Spill the Wine

Eric Burdon & War
Best Of

I was once out strolling one very hot summer's dayWhen I thought I'd lay myself down to restIn a big field of tall grassI laid there in the sun and felt it caressing my faceAs I fell asleep and dreamedI dreamed I was in a Hollywood movieAnd that I was the star of the movieThis really blew my mindThe fact that me, an overfed long-haired leaping gnomeShould be the star of a Hollywood movie, hmBut there I was, mmI was taken to a placeThe hall of the mountain kingsI stood high upon a mountain topNaked to the worldIn front ofEvery kind of girlThere was long ones, tall ones, short ones, brown onesBlack ones, round ones, big ones, crazy onesOut of the middle came a ladyShe whispered in my earSomething crazyShe said

Spill the wine, take that pearlSpill the wine, take that pearlSpill the wine, take that pearlSpill the wine, take that pearl

I thought to myself, what could that mean?Am I going crazy, or is this just a dream?Now wait a minuteI know I'm lying in a field of grass somewhereSo it's all in my headAnd then I heard her say one more time

Spill the wine, take that pearlSpill the wine, take that pearlSpill the wine, take that pearlSpill the wine, take that pearl

I could feel hot flames of fire roaring at my backAs she disappeared, but soon she returnedIn her hand was a bottle of wineIn the other a glassShe poured some of the wine from the bottle into the glassAnd raised it to her lipsAnd just before she drank it, she said

Take the wine, take that pearlSpill the wine, take that pearlSpill the wine, take that pearl, uh-huh, uh-huhSpill the wine, take that pearlTake that pearl, yeahIt's all yoursAll you gotta do is spill that wineSpill that wine, let me feel, let me feel hot, yeah, yeah, oh, uh-huhSpill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wineSpill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wineTake that pearlIt's all yours