As the evening shadows grew And the treetops were turning blue I was out of my mind on good red wine And the smell of the pines and you It looked like we had nothing It felt like we had it all I was your Humphrey Bogart You were my Lauren Bacall Yeah that was true bliss I wish I could bottle this Then I would take a swig Whenever I was feeling down
Pancakes and orange juice Real maple syrup too After our feast we headed out east Through the mist and the morning dew From being so cold up in the mountains That we slept in our winter clothes To being a hundred degrees in the valley And seeing the deserts all covered in snow
Yeah that was true bliss I wish I could bottle this Then I would take a swig Whenever I was feeling down
Yeah if I could put a cap on that stuff I'd sell it for millions and we could stop sleeping rough But 'til I find something to keep it in We'll have to stay blissed up on Thunderbird and cheap gin
And I felt like a movie star When I almost rolled the car Covered in dust, engine oil and rust Laughing 'God knows where we are' And pulling into Bakersfield I took out two of the wheels Trying to turn on a busy road When all the Basque restaurants And Buck Owen's motel And everything but Denny's was closed
Yeah that was true bliss I wish I could bottle this Then I would take a swig Whenever I was feeling down