Lyrics

WHITE WINE / © 1972 Steve Cowan
From the One More Night Like This CD

I need you like I have to have the sunrise
To bring to me the day through curtain lace
I need you more than what it takes to live through
Another morning sun without your face

And I need you just as honest as the river
That flows beyond the country to the sea
I need you just as lasting as the ocean
That reaches for the rivers deep in me, flowing deep in me

You’re the reason for my knowing what has happened in the past
You’re the season that is turning fair at last, fair at last
You can tell I need to know it long before I’ve thought to ask
You can save the balance if we love too fast

You’ve the eyes of fire and agate burning bright beneath the sky
You can turn the wheels of fortune if you try, if you try
And you know the pain of patience when you see it in my eyes
And you know the pain of loving when it dies

We will take our love a little at a time
Like the white wine that fills our drinking glass
Learn to taste the reason in our lives
Learn to sip it slowly, let it last

I’ve written songs to tell you how I’m feeling
So here is one to tell you to your face
A man must live by what he has to offer
But songs are not enough to take your place
They’ll never take your place

And I need you just as honest as the river
That flows beyond the country to the sea
I need you just as lasting as the ocean
That reaches for the rivers deep in me, flowing deep in me
Like the white wine that’s flowing deep in me
Like the white wine that’s flowing deep in me
Like the white wine that’s flowing deep in me