“Summer Wine” is a song written by Lee Hazlewood. It was originally sung by Suzi Jane Hokom and Lee Hazlewood in 1966, but it was made famous by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood in 1967. This version was originally released as the B-side of “Sugar Town” the previous year, before featuring on the Nancy & Lee LP in 1968. It was the first of Sinatra and Hazlewood’s string of popular duets.
Lyrically, “Summer Wine” describes a man, voiced by Hazlewood, who meets a woman, Sinatra, who notices his silver spurs and invites him to have wine with her. After heavy drinking, the man awakens hungover to find his spurs and money have been stolen by the mysterious woman; the subtext of which being they experienced intercourse and as repayment she misappropriated his “silver spurs a dollar and a dime”.
By Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood
Lyrics
Strawberries cherries and an angel’s kiss in spring My summer wine is really made from all these things
I walked in town on silver spurs that jingled to a song that I had only sang to just a few She saw my silver spurs and said let’s pass some time And I will give to you summer wine Ohh-oh-oh summer wine *Strawberries cherries and an angel’s kiss in spring My summer wine is really made from all these things Take off your silver spurs and help me pass the time And I will give to you summer wine Ohhh-oh summer wine My eyes grew heavy and my lips they could not speak I tried to get up but I couldn’t find my feet She reassured me with an unfamiliar line And then she gave to me more summer wine Ohh-oh-oh summer wine When I woke up the sun was shining in my eyes My silver spurs were gone my head felt twice its size She took my silver spurs a dollar and a dime And left me cravin’ for more summer wine Ohh-oh-oh summer wine |
草莓、櫻桃和春天裡的天使之吻 我的夏日美酒的確就是這些材料釀成的
我戴著銀色馬刺走進鎮裡,馬刺隨著歌兒叮噹作響 那是首我只唱給幾個人聽過的歌 她看到銀色馬刺,說道:我們來打發時間吧! 我請你喝夏日美酒 噢──夏日美酒 草莓、櫻桃和春天裡的天使之吻 我的夏日美酒的確就是這些材料釀成的 脫下你的銀色馬刺,和我共度時光 我請你喝夏日美酒 噢──夏日美酒 我的眼皮越來越重,說不出話來 我試著站起來,卻踉蹌站不穩腳步 她用陌生的言語安撫我 然後,給了我更多的夏日美酒 噢──夏日美酒 醒來時,陽光直射我雙眼 我的銀色馬刺不見了,頭昏腦脹 她拿走了銀色馬刺和一元一角 留下渴望更多夏日美酒的我 噢──夏日美酒 |