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
By townes van zandt
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...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
By Townes Van Zandt
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 h...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
By townes van zandt
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
Her spir...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
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 sun...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt