Story Behind The Song

'Wine and the Time of a Man' is about getting even and out of a bad relationship.

Lyrics

Wine and the time of a man
well, i'm here alone an' i feel a whole lot better, since she went away, left me livin' on my own. threw her empty toothpaste tube right out of the window, her untidy ways were naggin' to the bone. so, i called up a maid came to clean up the place. she asked to get paid, 'cause she liked my face - with the wine an' the time of a man with the re-born freedom ¤ i smile as i write "return to the sender"on the bills that still keep on comin' day to day. when i think of how we used to row about them, an' the pots would fly an' smash in smithereens. now, i got a maid comes to clean up the place. likes to get paid with that look on her face - and the wine an' the time of a man with the re-born freedom ¤ see now, i was born a singer, an that's still what i do, i earn my livin' singin' 'bout people like you, yes i do, an' it's true, don't try to get even, 'cause this one's all on me, this joke's on me, this one's on me ¤ well, i might be full of, you know, an' shortcomings. but i try to be a good guy on the whole. but this maid, ooh she's made of all that milk an' honey - she don't want my money, she knows just how to rock my single soul. yeah, i got a maid comes to clean up the place. likes to get paid by the look on my face - an' the wine an' the time of a man with the re-born freedom, with the wine an' the time of a man with the re-born freedom, with the wine an' the time of a man with the new-born - freedom, freedom, aah