Townes van Zandt piosenki

My lover comes to me with a rose on her bosom The moon's dancin' purple All through her black hair And a ladies-in-waiting she stands 'neath my window And the sun will rise soon on the false and the fair She tells me she comes from my mother the mountain Her...

Livin' on the road, my friend Was gonna keep you free and clean And now you wear your skin like iron And your breath as hard as kerosene Weren't you mama's only boy But her favorite one, it seems She began to cry when you said, "Goodbye" Sank into your...

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 m...

I used to wake and run with the moon I lived like a rake and a young man I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds My laughter the devil would frighten The sun she would come and beat me back down But every cruel day had its nightfall I'd welcome the stars w...

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 Well, 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 l...

When the bandits have stolen your jewelry and gone And your crippled young gypsy, he's grown tall and strong And your dead misconceptions have proven you wrong Well then, princess, where you plannin' to turn to? When your magazine memory has spun you around...

The folks, they just can't take no more Throw you in the back seat, slam the door No stoppin' as down the road you go Go not time to lose Gigantic one way gate ahead You're thinkin' man I'd as soon be dead They decided to give you life instead The sanitarium...

You're wakin' next to me Tears splash across the sun You whisper soft to me That I ain't the only one To breathe your yellow hair Caress your bosom fair Do you think I really care? Do you think it matters? What do your feelin's mean? Do you think I'd love mo...

She came and she touched me With hands made of heaven Reflections sent spinnin’ Through a face laced in mist Now I stand where she left me Buried deep ’neath her shadow And the mirror plead sadly Does it all come to this And I wonder: will she call my...

I don't want no wom', If her hair it ain't no longer 'an mine. I don't want no w'man, If her hair it ain't no longer 'an mine. Yeah, ya know, she ain't no good for nothin but trouble, did ya know 'at? Vets keep ya buyin rats all the time. Yeah, you know I got...

I saw three shrimp in the water, two were old and gray I swam a little bit closer and .. I heard the third one say Goodbye mama shrimp, papa shake my hand Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian' Here come the shrimper for to take me to Louisian' H...

Let me tell you a story 'bout a girl I knew Fairest skin with eyes of blue I swear to the lord that I loved her true It's a year now she's been gone Well her spirit was as bright as the soft sunshine Lips the color of strawberry wine I wish to God she still w...

Mr. Ten Dollar man Let me tell where you're bound Drink your green liqour, Lord You'll roll to the ground But you come around here With your money in your hand Taste of my woman You die where you stand Snake Mountain blues They got me down low I cou...

Snow don't fall On summers time Wind don't blow Below the sea My loves lies 'neath frozen skies And waits in sweet Repose for me Her eyes did laugh Her lips did sing Her legs did roll My soul to bring Her hair did curl And her thoughts unfurled Like birds upo...

When the wind don't blow in amarillo And the moon along the gunnison don't rise Shall I cast my dreams upon your love, babe And lie beneath the laughter of your eyes It's snowin' on raton Come morning I'll be through them hills and gone Mother thinks the roa...

Headin' from El Paso Ridin' down the highway Look out my window What do I see Some armadillo done gone crazy Flew in front of semi Man, looks like squash to me Thinkin' 'bout my my baby Livin' down in Houston Wonder if that squashes armadillo too Guess I'll...

When she had twenty years she turned to her mother Saying Mother, I know that you'll grieve But I've given my soul to St John the gambler Tomorrow comes time leave For the hills cannot hold back my sorrow forever And dead men lay deep 'round the door The...

I'm standin' with my bowed head down now That ain't right that ain't wrong It's just a feelin' but I can't shake it I keep on tryin but it's been so long If I hurt you I did not mean to I beg you pardon I did not want to When I leave you don't you think about...

Ain't much I ain't tried Fast livin' slow suicide Then a-runnin' in a place to hide Just looking for you My friends they all agree Ain't many a fool like me I just tell them wait and see Go looking for you Looking low and looking high Looking far and looking...

Well, I ain't very big for twenty-one And it seems like I never could have any good clean fun Cause every time I'd go outside some great big ol' bully'd come along He'd hit me in the face and he'd knock me to the ground And he'd start kickin' me all around And...