Robyn Hitchcock - A Skull, A Suitcase, and a Long Red Bottle of Wine lyrics

And in the evening when you fade away
The same thing happens every single day
Cause when your dreams come true
They pretty soon decay

There's nothing you can do
To change your mind
You're disappearing or you're going blind
And when you're gone there
Won't be anything behind

Except a skull, a suitcase
And a long red bottle of wine
A skull, a suitcase
And a long red bottle of wine
You're disappearing in a purple fog
It's a machine and you're it's faithful cog
You love your woman but you
Just don't love her dog

Which means you get a skull, a suitcase


And a long red bottle of wine
A skull, a suitcase
And a long red bottle of wine

There you go putting up no resistance
You just wander off through the town
Lock yourself out and drown

But when you're gone
Does it make any difference
If there's nobody else around
The only way up is down

The giant sun sets red behind the hay
Like a balloon that has just lost it's way
You never dreamed that stuff would
Get you in it's sway

Give me a skull, a suitcase
And a long red bottle of wine
Give me a skull, a suitcase
And a long red bottle of wine