White Winos is een heerlijk lied van de Amerikaanse singer/songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, dat gaat over zijn moeder Martha Taylor (1922-1997), die yoga lerares was. Het komt van zijn album 28 Days uit 2000 en hij zingt het hier bij de Nederlandse tv in 2004.
Wainwright’s vader was de Amerikaanse schrijver Loudon Wainwright Jr (1924-1988), die o.a. werkte als columnist & redacteur voor Life Magazine. Met Taylor kreeg hij ook nog een dochter, de Amerikaanse singer/songwriter Sloan Wainwright.
Loudon is zelf de vader van de Canadese singer/songwriters Rufus & Martha Wainwright, die voortkwamen uit zijn huwelijk met de Canadese singer/songwriter Kate McGarrigle (1946-2010). En daarnaast is hij ook de vader van de Amerikaanse singer/songwriter Lucy Wainwright-Roche, uit zijn relatie met de Amerikaanse zangeres Suzzy Roche, die deel uitmaakte van het trio The Roches met haar zussen Maggie & Terre.
White Winos
Mother liked her white wine
when she was alive.
She was desperate to live,
but her limit was five.
Carefully I’d kiss her,
and send her off to bed.
We always stuck with white wine,
we stayed away from red
Always stick with white wine,
stay away from
Mother liked her white wine,
she’d have a glass or two.
Almost every single night,
after her day was through.
Sancerre, chardonnay,
chablis, pinot grigio.
Just to take the edge off,
just to get the glow.
You got to take the edge off,
if you wanna get the
Mother liked her white wine,
she’d have a glass or three.
We’d sit out on the screen porch,
white winos mom and me.
We’d talk about her childhood,
recap my career.
When we got to my father,
that was when I’d switch to beer.
We got to the old man,
and I’d always switch to
Mother liked her white wine,
she’d have a glass or four.
Each empty bottle a dead soldier,
the marriage was the war.
When we blurred the edges,
when we drank a lot.
That’s when I got nervous,
when the glow got hot.
I always get nervous,
when the glow gets
I still like my white wine,
and I’ll have a glass or two.
And when I’m down
I’ll drink some whiskey,
it’s something I shouldn’t do.
And every now and then,
I’ll take a drop of red.
When I’m with a woman
that I wanna take to bed.
When I’m with a woman
that I wanna take to…
Mother liked her white wine,
when she was alive.
She was desperate to live,
but her limit was five.
Carefully I’d kiss her,
and send her off to bed.
Thank God we stuck to white wine,
and we stayed away from
Mother liked her white wine.
