1. _ Two Girls
By townes van zandt
Well, the clouds didn't look like cotton
They didn't even look like clouds
I was underneath the weather
My friends looked a crowd
The swimmin' hole was full of rum
I tried to find out why
All i learned was this my friend
You got to swim before you fly
I got two girls
One's in heaven and one's below
Oh, one i love with all my heart
And one i do not know.
Two lonesome dudes on an ugly horse
Passed by not long ago
They asked me where the action was
I said i did not know
As they disappeared into the brush
I heard the driver say
He's a little slow between the ears
He's always been that way.
Jolly jane just lays around
And listens with her mouth
She's had about a dozen husbands
But the last one pulled out
Now, who's gonna bring her dinner
Through the weary years ahead
All she'll get from me is sympathy
Got no time to see she's fed.
It's cold down on the bayou
They say it's in your mind
But the moccasins are treadin' ice
And leavin strange designs
Cajuns say the last time
That this happend they weren't here
All beaumont's full of penguins
And i'm a-playin' it by ear.
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2. _ Rex's Blues
By 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 i'd drink it dry
And lay me down dissatisfied
Legs to walk and thoughts to fly
Eyes to laugh and lips to cry
A restless tongue to classify
All born to grow and grown to die
So tell my baby i said so long
Tell my mother i did no wrong
Tell my brother to watch his own
And tell my friends to mourn me none
I'm chained upon the face of time
Feelin' full of foolish rhyme
There ain't no dark till something shines
I'm bound to leave this dark behind
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
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3. _ At My Window
By townes van zandt
At my window
Watching the sun go
Hoping the stars know
It's time to shine
Daydreams
Aloft on dark wings
Soft as the sun streams
At days decline
Living is laughing
Dying says nothing at all
Baby and i are laying here
Watching the evening fall
Time flows
Through brave beginnings
And she leaves her endings
Beneath our feet
Walk lightly
Upon their faces
Leave gentle traces
Upon their sleep
Living is dancing
Dying does nothing at all
Baby and i are laying here
Wathing the evening fall
Three dimes
Hard luck and good times
Fast lines and low rhymes
Ain't much to say
Feel fine
Feel low and lazy
Feel grey and hazy
Feel far away
Living is sighing
Dying ain't flying so high
Baby and i are lying here
Watching the day go by
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4. _ Loretta
By townes van zandt
Oh loretta she's a barroom girl
Wears them sevens on her sleeve
Dances like a diamond shines
Tell me lies i love to believe
Her age is always 22
Her laughing eyes a hazel hue
Spends my money like water falls
Loves me like i want her to
Oh, loretta, won't you say to me
Darling, put your guitar on
Have a little shot of booze
Play a blue a and wailing song
My guitar rings a melody
My guitar sings, loretta's fine
Long and lazy, blonde and free
And i can have her any time
Sweetest at the break of day
Preattiest in the setting sun
She don't cry when i can't stay
'least not till she's all alone
Loretta, i won't be gone long
Keep your dancing slippers on
Keep me on your mind a while
I'll be back, babe, to make you smile
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5. _ Snake Song
By townes van zandt
You can't hold me
I'm too slippery
I do no sleepin'
I get lonely
You can touch me
If you want to
I got poison
I just might bite you
Lie in circles
On the sunlight
Shine like diamonds
On a dark night
Ain't no mercy
In my smilin'
Only fangs and
Sweet beguiling
Future, he don't
Try to find me
Skin i been through
Dies behind me
Solid hollow
Wrapped in hatred
Not a drop of
Venom wasted
You can slip in
Try to find me
Hold your breath and
Flat deny me
It makes no difference
To my thinkin'
I'll be here when
You start sinkin'.
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6. _ Pueblo Waltz
By townes van zandt
Sunrise comes and i don't know why
Living loves and the day does fly
Soon the moon and baby and i
Will be lyin' side by side
How many of your skies are blue?
How much of your love is true?
Where to get them eyes of green?
I'm knowin' you know just what i mean
If i have to go i won't be long
Maybe we'll move to tennessee
Leave these texas blues behind
See susanna and guy
Well, i'm in this cold room all alone
I guess i'll try the telephone
It'll be busy or she won't be home
Tomorrow is another day
Sunrise comes and i don't know why
Living loves and the day does fly
Soon the moon and baby and i
Will be lyin' side by side
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7. _ Upon My Soul
By townes van zandt
Be my staple and my stay
Jesus help through each day
As i walk this weary way
Upon my soul
And when judgement falls to me
Through my saviour shall i be
Given peace eternally
Upon my soul
Upon my soul
Upon my free and joyous soul
Given peace eternally
Upon my soul
Jesus shine your light on me
Shine with love and charity
That i might help brothers see
Upon my soul
For temptation let me ply
Be my wings, lord, be my eyes
Guard me when old satan's nigh
Upon my soul
Upon my soul
Upon my free and joyous soul
Guard me when old satan's nigh
Upon my soul
I shall fill each earhly day
With the singing of his praise
Follow in his holy ways
Upon my soul
And when i lay my troubles down
On my brow he'll place a crown
And the trumpets all shall sound
Upon my soul
Upon my soul
Upon my free and joyous soul
And the trumpets all shall sound
Upon my soul
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8. _ Buckskin Stallion Blues
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 four was seven only
Where would that leave one and two?
If love can be and still be lonely
Where does that leave me and you?
Time there was, and time there will be
Where does that leave me and you?
If i had a buckskin stallion
I'd tame him down and ride away.
If i had a flyin' schooner
I'd sail into the light of day
If i had your love forever
Sail into the light of day
Pretty songs and pretty places
Places that i've never seen
Pretty songs and pretty faces
Tell me what their laughter means
Some look like they'll cry forever
Tell me what their laughter means.
If i had a buckskin stallion
I'd tame him down and ride away.
If i had a golden galleon
I'd sail into the light of day
If i had your love forever
Sail into the light of day
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9. _ No Place To Fall
By townes van zandt
If i had no place to fall
And i needed to
Could i count on you
To lay me down?
I'd never tell you no lies
I don't believe it's wise
You got pretty eyes
Won't you spin me 'round
I ain't much of a lover it's true
I'm here then i'm gone
And i'm forever blue
But i'm sure wanting you
Skies full of silver and gold
Try to hide the sun
But it can't be done
Least not for long
And if we help each other grow
While the light of day
Smiles down our way
Then we can't go wrong
Time, she's a fast old train
She's here then she's gone
And she won't come again
Won't you take my hand
If i had no place to fall
And i needed to
Could i count on you
To lay me down?
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10. _ When She Don't Need Me
By townes van zandt
When she don't need me
It makes me crazy
She say rest easy
And it makes me lazy
But when she please me
She please me all night long
My friends are leavin'
She say don't worry
They're only leavin'
There is no parting
You will be lonely
I will be here with you
On the winds of darkness
The light is soring
And chains are bonded
Freedom is singing
Cling to the darkness
Until you've turned to song
The blues shall wash me
And sun shall dry me
The world will hide me
But she will find me
And when she find me
She will take me home
When she don't need me
It makes me crazy
She say rest easy
And it makes me lazy
But when she please me
She please me all night long
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11. _ White Freight Liner Blues
By townes van zandt
I'm goin out on the highway
Listen to them big trucks whine
I'm goin out on the highway
Listen to them big trucks whine
White freight liner
Won't you steal away my mind
Ah, new mexico ain't bad, lord
And the people there they treat you kind
And the people there they treat you kind
Well, it's bad news from houston
Half my friends are dying
Well, it's bad news from houston
Half my friends are dying
Ah, lord, i'm gonna ramble
Till i get back to where i came
Ah, lord, i'm gonna ramble
Till i get back to where i came
I'm goin out on the highway
Listen to them big trucks whine
I'm goin out on the highway
Listen to them big trucks whine
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12. _ The Spider Song
By townes van zandt
There is a spider in my dreams
Long and silent is his name
Cold as lightning is his smile
Final is his sting
His curse is deep as seven skies
Boys, i wouldn't tell you lies
The legends say he never sleeps
He's never hungry long
He's got us, boys, i believe it's true
But i'm fighting till he lays me down
Run his foul black body through
Cleave him all asunder
Think your women, won't you boys,
Think your mother growing old
Think about your darling son
Spittin' the spider's eye
Up [at ease] against him ride
We'll not take him by surprise
Give a scream down in your dreams
Let him know we're comin'
There is a spider in my dreams
Long and silent is his name
Cold as lightning is his smile
Final is his sting
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