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In the song, the narrator moves with his/her lover to [[Los Angeles]], 1,600 miles away from their home, in search of success, but the lover abruptly leaves. The narrator is then left to fend for him/herself, eventually working in a menial job "sweeping out a warehouse in West L.A.", but eventually concludes it is all right because he/she still has "two more bottles of wine".
In the song, the narrator moves with his/her lover to [[Los Angeles]], 1,600 miles away from their home, in search of success, but the lover abruptly leaves. The narrator is then left to fend for him/herself, eventually working in a menial job "sweeping out a warehouse in West L.A.", but eventually concludes it is all right because he/she still has "two more bottles of wine".


==Cover versions===
==Cover versions==


*A cover was recorded by [[Martina McBride]] on her 1995 album ''[[Wild Angels]]''.
*A cover was recorded by [[Martina McBride]] on her 1995 album ''[[Wild Angels]]''.

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"Two More Bottles of Wine" is a song written by Delbert McClinton, which was most famously recorded in 1978, by Emmylou Harris, whose recording topped the U.S. country singles charts. The song was performed by Harris as a honky tonk stomper, the single became her third chart topper [1].

The song

In the song, the narrator moves with his/her lover to Los Angeles, 1,600 miles away from their home, in search of success, but the lover abruptly leaves. The narrator is then left to fend for him/herself, eventually working in a menial job "sweeping out a warehouse in West L.A.", but eventually concludes it is all right because he/she still has "two more bottles of wine".

Cover versions

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 152.
Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single by Emmylou Harris
June 17, 1978
Succeeded by