Rake Lyrics

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

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

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

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

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

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

(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

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

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

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