Please Don't Sell My Daddy No More Wine
Tears in a Tavern: A Heartfelt Plea Against Addiction
Lyrics
PLEASE DON'T SELL MY DADDY NO MORE WINE
Requesting not to sell wine to the speaker's father
(Red Lane)
Credit to songwriter Red Lane
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Publishing information
Please don't sell my daddy no more wine no more wine
Plea to refrain from selling wine to the father
Mama don't want him drinking all the time
Mother doesn't want the father to drink excessively
Please don't sell my daddy no more wine no more wine
Repetition of the plea against selling wine to the father
He may be no good but he's still mine
Acknowledging the father's flaws but claiming ownership
Late one night in Old Joe's friendly barroom
Setting the scene in a bar called Old Joe's
Two men were standin' drinking all alone
Two men reminiscing while drinking
Thinkin' of the days they were younger
Reflecting on their younger days
Talking about the women they had known
Discussing past relationships
When there in the dim light of the tavern
Introduction of a young girl into the scene
A sweet young girl came softly to their side
The girl approaches the men in the dimly lit tavern
And two one man surprised looked upon two tear stained eyes
One man realizes the girl is his own crying daughter
And saw his own sweet daughter's there a crying
Recognition of the daughter's presence and distress
Please don't sell my daddy...
Reiteration of the plea regarding the father and wine
My daddy used to buy me pretty dresses
Recollection of the father's past generosity
Now it's only hand-me-downs and worn out shoes
Contrast between past gifts and current situation
It's because of you I know that I wear these ragged clothes
Blaming the person who sells alcohol for the father's decline
For you're the man who sells my daddy booze
Attributing responsibility for the father's state to the seller
Her father looked down on the glass that he was holding
Description of the father's contemplation
As the teardrops trickled down his solemn face
Father's emotional reaction to his daughter's plea
I been here Joe so long now it's time that I was gone
Expressing the father's intention to leave the bar
Going home to stay I'll never see this place
Determined to return home and abandon the bar scene
Please don't sell my daddy...
Repetition of the plea to refrain from selling wine to the father
Don't you do it don't you do it
Strongly urging against selling wine to the father
Don't you sell my daddy no more wine no more wine
Reiteration of the plea against selling wine to the father
He may be no good but he's still mine
Acceptance of the father's flaws but claiming ownership
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