The Poison & Wine Songfacts reports that this is the only song on Barton Hollow that Joy Williams and John Paul White wrote with an outside collaborator - their friend Nashville songwriter Chris Lindsey. ‘Poison & Wine’ is a musical snapshot about the dichotomy of love - that while it can be the thing that destroys you, it can also be the very same thing that beckons and builds you. JP and I are both married – have been for several years now - and we got to talking one day about what a tug and pull our individual relationships can be.

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