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Elderberry Wine

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Music Video

Elderberry Wine

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Aug
15
Aug 15, 2025
Historic BAL Theatre
San Leandro

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Elton John

Vocals

Dee Murray

Bass Guitar

Davey Johnstone

Davey Johnstone

Electric Guitar

Nigel Olsson

Drums

Jacques Bolognesi

Jacques Bolognesi

Trombone

Ivan Jullien

Trumpet

Jean Louis Chautemps

Jean Louis Chautemps

Saxophone

Alain Hatot

Saxophone

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Elton John

Songwriter

Bernie Taupin

Songwriter

Gus Dudgeon

Brass Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Gus Dudgeon

Producer

Ken Scott

Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There's a fly in the window

A dog in the yard

And a year since I saw you

There's a trunk in the corner

I keep all my letters

My bills and demands I keep too

[Verse 2]

Well, I can't help thinking

About the times

You were a wife of mine

You aimed to please me

Cooked black-eyed peas me

Made elderberry wine

[Verse 3]

Drunk all the time

Feeling fine on elderberry wine

Those were the days

We'd lay in the haze

Forget depressive times

How can I ever get it together

Without a wife in line

To pick the crop and get me hot

On elderberry wine?

[Verse 4]

'Round a tree in the summer

A fire in the fall

Flat out when they couldn't stand

The bottle went round

Like a woman down south

Passed on from hand to hand

[Verse 5]

Well, I can't help thinking

About the times

You were a wife of mine

You aimed to please me

Cooked black-eyed peas me

Made elderberry wine

[Verse 6]

Drunk all the time

Feeling fine on elderberry wine

Those were the days

We'd lay in the haze

Forget depressive times

How can I ever get it together

Without a wife in line

To pick the crop and get me hot

On elderberry wine?

[Verse 7]

Drunk all the time

Feeling fine on elderberry wine

[Verse 8]

Those were the days

We'd lay in the haze

Forget depressive times

[Verse 9]

How can I ever get it together

Without a wife in line

To pick the crop and get me hot

On elderberry wine?

[Verse 10]

Woo

Elderberry wine

Elderberry wine

Elderberry wine

Elderberry wine

Elderberry wine

Written by: Bernie Taupin, Elton John