WATER INTO WINE | Lady Mo & Greg Wohlgemuth | Classic Country Story Song
Some people spend their whole lives searching from one well to another, never finding what they’re really thirsty for. “Water Into Wine” was written in 1979 by Lady Mo Pascoe-Hoyal (writing as Beth Havis) and Greg Wohlgemuth. Nearly five decades later, this song still tells a timeless story — a woman loving a restless, wounded man who has learned not to believe in much of anything.
She knows she cannot erase what hurt him.
She knows she cannot make him stay.
But she still believes that somewhere beneath everything he carries is a man capable of loving again.
And so she asks the Lord for one thing:
“Lord, let me be the one, to change his water into wine.”
Written by Lady Mo Pascoe-Hoyal & Greg Wohlgemuth
Original composition © 1979 Beth Havis & Greg Wohlgemuth. Presented by Sam Dad Radio®
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PINNED COMMENT: “Water Into Wine” was written all the way back in 1979 by Lady Mo Pascoe-Hoyal (then writing as Beth Havis) and Greg Wohlgemuth.
That’s one of the reasons I wanted this song heard today. A good song doesn’t have an expiration date.
Nearly five decades after Mo and Greg wrote these words, that image still works: someone wandering from well to well, searching for something that finally satisfies the heart.
I’d like to hear what YOU think.
What does “change his water into wine” mean to you?
And if you’ve ever written a song that sat in a drawer for years — maybe even decades — don’t throw it away. The world may simply not have heard it yet. — Sam
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