Townes Van Zandt

Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me Sometimes I don't even know the reason why I guess I keep on gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin' It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die One-time friends I had a ma, I even had

Why does she sing her sad songs for me, I'm not the one To tenderly bring her soft sympathy, I've just begun To see my way clear and it's plain if I stop I will fall I can lay down a tear for her pain, just a tear and that's all What does she want me

Don't you take it too bad If you're feelin' unlovin' If you're feelin unfeelin' If you're feelin' alone Don't take it too bad 'cause it ain't you to blame, babe Lord, it's just some kind of game made Out of all of this living That we got left to do A

I stood in line and left my name Took about six hours or so Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game Said they'd let me know I put in my time till the Pocono line Shut down two years ago I was staying at the mission till I met Marie Now I ca

Living on the road my friend Was gonna keep you free and clean Now you wear your skin like iron Your breath's as hard as kerosene You weren't your mama's only boy But her favorite one it seems She began to cry when you said goodbye And sank into your

The name she gave was Caroline Daughter of a miner well her ways were free and it seemed to me The sunshine walked beside her She said she's come to look for work She was not seeking favors For a dime a day and a place to stay She'd turn those hands

My days, they are the highway kind But the leavin' I don't mind Pour the sun upon the ground Stand to throw a shadow Watch it grow into a night And fill the spinnin' sky. Time among the pine trees It felt like breath of air Usually I just walk these

By townes van zandt I heard her sing in tongues of silver I heard her cry on a summer storm I loved her, but she did not know it So I don't think about her anymore Now she's gone, and I can't believe it So I don't think about her anymore If three and

Living on the road my friend, Is gonna keep you free and clean. Now you wear your skin like iron, And your breath as hard as kerosene. You weren't your mama's only boy, But her favorite one it seems. She began to cry when you said goodbye, And sank i

Rex's Blues (Townes Van Zandt) Ride the blue wind high and free She'll lead you down through misery Leave you low, come time to go Alone and low as low can be If I had a nickel I'd find a game If I won a dollar I'd make it rain If it rained an ocean

Well, a diamond fades quickly when matched to the face of Maria All the harps they sound empty when she lifts her lips to the sky The brown of her skin makes her hair seem a soft golden rainfall That spills from the mountains to the bottomless depths

Well, won't you lend your lungs to me? Mine are collapsin' Plant my feet and bitterly breathe Up the time that's passin' Breath I'll take and breath I'll give And pray the day is not poisoned Stand among the ones that live In lonely indecision Well,