Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tom Armstrong
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tom Armstrong
Songwriter
Lyrics
[Chorus]
Fortified wine
Fortified wine
What a wreck you've made of this life of mine
Fortified wine
[Instrumental]
I was young and strong, twenty-one years old
The whole world laid before me at my feet
I had my first taste of that Thunderbird
I never knew oblivion could taste so goddamn sweet
[Chorus]
Fortified wine (Fortified wine)
Fortified wine (Fortified wine)
Oh, what a wreck you've made of this life of mine
Fortified wine
[Instrumental]
All I could have done, all I could have been
Melting in the fire you set in me
In my heart, I knew forever I was yours
One bottle to the next, I drank until they set me free
[Bridge]
Riding on the night train where wild iris grows
The misery you brought me, Lord, nobody knows
Fortified wine
[Instrumental]
Fortified wine (Fortified wine)
Fortified wine (Fortified wine)
Oh, what a wreck you've made of this life of mine
Fortified wine
Written by: Tom Armstrong
