(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
By townes van zandt
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
...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
By townes van zandt
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 ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
By townes van zandt
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 you...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
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 m...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt
By townes van zandt
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 l...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Townes Van Zandt