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Behind The Ritual

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Behind The Ritual

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Drinking wine in the alley, drinking wine in the alley

Making time, drinking that wine

Out of my mind in the days gone by

Making time with Sally, drinking that wine

In the days gone by, talking all out of my mind

Drinking that wine, talking all out of my mind

Spin and turning in the alley, spin and turning in the alley

Like a Whirling Dervish in the alley, drinking that wine

Drinking wine, making time in the days gone by

Boogie woogie child in the alley

Drinking that wine, making time, talking all out of my mind

Drinking wine in the days gone by, behind the ritual

Behind the ritual, behind the ritual

In the days gone by, drinking that wine

Making time, drinking that wine way back in time

Spin and turn and rhyme in the alley

Spin and turning, making up rhymes, talking all out of my mind

Talking that jive, drinking that wine in the days gone by

Drinking wine in the alley, drinking that wine

Making time, talking all out of my mind

Drinking that wine making time in the alley

Behind the ritual, behind the ritual

You find the spiritual, you find the spiritual

Behind the ritual in the days gone by

Drinking wine in the alley, drinking wine in the alley

Making time, talking all out of my mind

Drinking that wine in the days gone by, days gone by

Spin and turn talking that jive

Spin and turn talking that jive all out of our minds

Drinking that sweet wine

Making time, making time in the days gone by

Behind the ritual, behind the ritual

Behind the ritual, behind the ritual

Drinking that wine making time in the days gone by

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

Behind the ritual, making time in the days gone by

In the days gone by, in the days gone by

Drink that wine, making time

Getting high in the days gone by, drinking that wine

Getting high behind the ritual

Getting high behind the ritual

Drinking that wine in the days gone by

Behind the ritual, behind the ritual

Behind the ritual, behind that spiritual

In the days gone by drinking that wine and getting high

So high behind the ritual, so high behind the ritual

So high in the days gone by

Drinking that wine making time, making time

Stretching time, stretching time

Drinking that wine, stretching time

Stretching time in the days gone by behind the ritual

Behind the ritual

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