Townes Van Zandt LYRICS

Townes Van Zandt - All Your Young Servants - lyrics

By townes van zandt
You live on your hill so high and so lonely
You toss out your bread crumbs to those down below
They think youre a king but believe me its only
Because theyre too blind to know
There once was a time when your money had meaning
You diamonds had glitter but now its all gone
It poisoned your laughter and muffled your singing
You cant even see that its wrong
Your castle is dingy and dirty and dismal
Your carpets are faded, your walls are all grey
Theres dust on your silver and cracks in your crystal
All your young servants have drifted away
So go back to your sadness, go back to your sorrow
And Ill make my bed on a hill neath the sky
And lay here a-listening till the sun comes tomorrow
Counting the tears that you cry
Your castle is dingy and dirty and dismal
Your carpets are faded, your walls are all grey
Theres dust on your silver and cracks in your crystal
All your young servants have drifted away

Townes Van Zandt - At My Window - lyrics

By townes van zandt
At my window
Watching the sun go
Hoping the stars know
Its 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
Aint much to say
Feel fine
Feel low and lazy
Feel grey and hazy
Feel far away
Living is sighing
Dying aint flying so high
Baby and I are lying here
Watching the day go by

Townes Van Zandt - Blue Ridge Mountains - lyrics

By townes van zandt
My home is in the blue ridge mountains
My home is in the blue ridge mountains
My home is in the blue ridge mountains
And I aint comin back here anymore
I had me a mother that could pray, boys
She prayed for me both night and day, boys
And I tore down every down every prayer that she could say, boys
And I aint comin back here anymore
I wanna find me a lady fair and tender
Wanna play her song on my steel strings
Gonna lay her down in a bed of clover
Then I aint comin back here anymore
Ive seen this whole wide country over
From new york city down to mexico
And Ive seen the joyful and the sorrow
And I aint comin back here anymore
So mister [sinby] can you hear me
Down there in [gracel], louisana-o
Ill lay a joint upon your grave, sir
Then I aint comin back here anymore
My home is in the blue ridge mountains
My home is in the blue ridge mountains
My home is in the blue ridge mountains
And I aint comin back here anymore

Townes Van Zandt - Blaze's Blues - lyrics

By townes van zandt
I gotta guitar all my own
I gotta quarter for the telephone
I aint headed down this highway all alone
One two three and maybe four
Honey, theyre knockin on my door
I know youre gonna miss me when Im gone
Got no daddy but I got a ma
Think she lives in arkansas
Maybe Ill go see her some old day
It aint like shed really care
It aint like shed pay no fare
But I might just blow on through there anyway
Headed down to alabam
Cause some trouble if I can
Aw, buddy, would you like to come along?
Its a place I never been
And you know I could use a friend
They say theyll give us twenty bucks a song
I gotta guitar all my own
I gotta quarter for the telephone
I aint headed down this highway all alone
One two three and maybe four
Honey, theyre knockin on my door
You know Im gonna miss you when Im gone

Townes Van Zandt - Billy, Boney & Ma - lyrics

By townes van zandt
Well, billy went down to the battleground
To find a little trinket he could call his own
Didnt see nothin lying around
He decided hed dig awhile
Well he dug her up and he dug her down
fore too long he found some bones
Poor little billy couldnt make a sound
When the bones sat up and smiled
Oh billy you seem like a fine young man
No reason to be a tremblin soul
Come over here and shake my hand
Make my proud acquaintance
Well billy he was stunned he could hardly stand
Whether he could move he didnt know
But he knew he had to formulate some kinda plan
Or try the bonemans patience
The first thing he wanted to do was breathe
So he gulped in some of that battleground air
Next thing he wanted to do was leave
But billy wasnt raised up rude
Well the boneman grunted and he gave a heave
All of a sudden he was loomin there
Shakin off dirt and actin pleased
Things didnt look too good
Well billy decided what the hell
You dont meet a boneman every day
A little bit skinny but you never can tell
He might be a pretty good guy
Well they started off with the old soft sell
fore too long they were jawin away
By the time the darkness fell
They were seein socket to eye
They decided right then on a life of crime
With the bonemans looks and billys brains
They could scare old scrooge out of his last dime
Might as well have a go
Billy he would picked the place and time
From the corner store to the railroad train
Boneyd flash him a smile sublime
And billy hed grab the dough
They decided they might as well start right then
Times awastin so they say
They headed for the park
Where the lights are dim
And only the foolish tread
He was whistlin a tune
When they spotted him strollin along
So plump and gay
Boney gave him a great big grin
And billy snagged his bread
Next come a lady of the night
Boney saddled up and said hello
Gave the poor thing such a terrible fright
She fainted dead away
Billy lifted her purse and her earrings bright
Diamond rings and watch you know
Couldnt figure out try as they might
Why theyd ever worked a single day
Billys plans ended up in ruin you know
They were workin a quaint little neighborhood
Spied an old lady about eighty or so
Almost looked too easy
Boney put on a pretty good show
The little ol lady didnt see too good
My kind sir your all bones you know
You need something hot and greasy
Grabbed ol boney drug him inside
Billy peeked in through the window sill
She fed him boiled and baked and fried
Ol boney hes chewin like crazy
He gobbled up everything he tried
Pounds added on like you know they will
Billy laid down in the dirt and cried
Watchin boney gettin fat and lazy
Well billys back workin his job by day
Sleepn nights it aint so bad
Never liked stealin anyway
Kinda gives a guy the willies
Boney and ma got a new cafe
Best baked beans you ever had
Mas expecting any day
And they say theyre gonna name him billy

Townes Van Zandt - Brand New Companion - lyrics

By townes van zandt
I got a brand new companion
Man, Im gonna do my best this time
I got a brand new companion
Man, Im gonna do my best this time
You know she cools me with her breathin
Chases away those howlin bottles of wine
She fits just like my guitar
Man, shes near as tall as me
She fits just like my guitar
Shes near as tall as me
She lives way out the d train
But shes texas as can be
She got a home-spun disposition
Man, shes just as gentle as you please
She got a home-spun disposition
Man, shes just as gentle as you please
She got arms just like two rattle snakes
Legs just like a billow in the breeze
I got a brand new companion
Man, Im gonna do my best this time
I got a brand new companion
Man, Im gonna do my best this time
I want to trace her with my body
I want to track her with my mind

Townes Van Zandt - Be Here To Love Me - lyrics

By townes van zandt
Your eyes seek conclusion in all this confusion of mine
Though you and I both know its only the warm glow of wine
Thats got you to feeling this way, but I dont care,
I want you to stay
And hold me and tell me youll be here to love me today
Children are dancin, the gamblers are chancin their all
The windows accusing the door of abusing the wall
But who cares what the night watchmen say
The stage has been set for the play
Hold me and tell me youll be here to love me today
The moons come and gone but a few stars hang on on to the sky
The winds runnin free but it aint up to me ask why
The poets are demanding their pay
Theyve left me with nothin to say
cept hold me and tell me youll be here to love me today
Just hold me and tell me that youll be here to love me today

Townes Van Zandt - A Song For - lyrics

By townes van zandt
Ribbons of love
Please keep me true sane
Until I reach home on the morrow
Never never to wander again
Im weak and Im weary of sorrow
London to dublin
Australia to perth
I gazed at your sky
I tasted your earth
Sung out my heart
For what it was worth
Never again shall I ramble
Theres nowhere left
In this world where to go
My arms, my legs theyre a-tremblin
Thoughts both clouded and blue as the sky
Not even worth the rememberin
Now as I stumble
And reel to my bed
All that Ive done
All that Ive said
Means nothin to me
Id soon as be dead
All of this world be forgotten
No words of comfort
No words of advice
Nothin to offer a stranger
Gone the love, gone the spite
It just doesnt matter no longer
My skys getting far
The grounds gettin close
My self goin crazy
The way that it does
Ill lie on my pillow
And sleep if I must
Too late to wish Id been stronger
Too late to wish Id been stronger

Townes Van Zandt - At My Window* - lyrics

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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Wednesday, February 10, 2016