Living on the road my friend,
Is gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron,
Your breath as hard as kerosene.
You weren't your mama's only boy,
But her favorite...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
By townes van zandt
Don't go saying I'm leaving you
Thinking I never got close enough to stay
Time runs in, and then runs out
Starts again and it's always been that way
You're gon...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
By townes van zandt
Proofread and authorized by jeanene van zandt
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 wou...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
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?
...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
Well, the diamonds 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 s...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
By townes van zandt
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 ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
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 ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
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 thinki...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
By townes van zandt
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...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
(Words & music by Bennett - Tepper)
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 sha...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt