Three Glasses

Intro

Ay-o la-la ya-na

(heya)

Ay-o la-la ya-naa

(heya ho)

Ay-o la-la ya-na na

(ay)

Hook

Three glasses, never two

(ay-o la)

That's how long I get with you

(not one more)

Pour it high and pour it slow

(heya)

When the third is gone, you go

Verse

A stranger rides in just as the heat breaks

I light the coals and chip the sugar flakes

The first glass, poured from high, a foaming stream

So bitter that he winces through the steam

He talks of border guards and broken trucks

Of wells gone dry, of herds, of rotten luck

Hook

Three glasses, never two

(ay-o la)

That's how long I get with you

(not one more)

Pour it high and pour it slow

(heya)

When the third is gone, you go

Electric Guitar Solo

Verse

The second round is sweeter, with fresh mint

He laughs, a gold tooth catching the lamp's glint

He picks a tune out on a battered guitar

A wedding song from somewhere very far

The kids sneak up to see his fingers fly

His mount just snorts and blinks a sleepy eye

Breakdown

Ay-o la-la ya-na

(heya)

Ay-o la-la ya-naa

(ay ay)

[Spoken] "Created by DarkPrincess -- Royalty of the Night"

Instrumental

Verse

The third glass comes out gentle, nearly clear

I tip it carefully, I stretch it like a year

He drinks it down and wipes his upper lip

Then knots the water skins for the long trip

At dawn the tracks lead north across the sand

His cup turned upside down, rinsed out by hand

Hook

Nobody pours a fourth

(ay-o la)

And still I face the north

(still)

I set four glasses on the tray

(heya)

In case the wind turns him my way