For the Sake of the Song Townes Van Zandt

For the Sake of the Song by Townes Van Zandt Why does she sing her sad songs for me, I'm not the one to tenderly bring her soft sympathy I've just begun to see my way clear and it's plain,

Catfish song Townes Van Zandt

Catfish song by Townes Van Zandt Down at the bottom of that dirty ol' river down where the reeds and the catfish play there lies a dream as soft as the water there lies a bluebird that's flown

A song for Townes Van Zandt

A song for by Townes Van Zandt Ribbons of love please keep me true sane until I reach home on the morrow never never to wander again I'm weak and I'm weary of sorrow London to Dublin Australia

Second lovers song Townes Van Zandt

Second lovers song 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

Tower song Townes Van Zandt

Tower song by Townes Van Zandt So close and yet so far away and all the things I'd hoped to say will have to go unsaid today perhaps until tomorrow your fear has built a wall between our lives

Snake song Townes Van Zandt

Snake song 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

Brother Flower Townes Van Zandt

Brother Flower by Townes Van Zandt Brother Flower, are you listenin'?

None but the rain Townes Van Zandt

None but the rain by Townes Van Zandt We had our day but now it's over we had our song but now it's sung we had our stroll through summers clover but summer's gone now, our walkin's done So

The spider song Townes Van Zandt

The spider song by Townes Van Zandt There is a spider in my dreams long and silent is his name cold as lightning is his smile final is his sting His curse is deep as seven skies boys, I wouldn't

She came and she touched me Townes Van Zandt

She came and she touched me 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

Velvet voices Townes Van Zandt

Velvet voices by Townes Van Zandt I'll play upon my violin until the mountains ring of lonely laughter blindly thrown and cause an endless sark of strings the skies are sad they're dancin' to

Blue Ridge mountains Townes Van Zandt

Blue Ridge mountains 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 ain't comin' back here anymore

The silver ships of Andilar Townes Van Zandt

The silver ships of Andilar by Townes Van Zandt Of those that sailed the silver ships from Andilar I am the last The deeds that rang our youthful dreams it seems shall go undone North for the

St John the gambler Townes Van Zandt

St John the gambler 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

Don't You Take It Too Bad Townes Van Zandt

by Townes Van Zandt Don't you take it too bad if you're feelin' unlovin' if you're feelin unfeelin' if you're feelin' alone Don't take it too bad 'Cause it ain't you to blame, babe Lord, it's just some

Loretta Townes Van Zandt

Loretta by Townes Van Zandt Oh Loretta she's a barroom girl wears them sevens on her sleeve Dances like a diamond shines Tell me lies I love to believe Her age is always 22 Her laughing eyes

Still looking for you Townes Van Zandt

Still looking for you by Townes Van Zandt Ain't much I ain't tried fast livin' slow suicide then a-runnin' in a place to hide just looking for you My friends they all agree ain't many a fool

Niles river blues Townes Van Zandt

Niles river blues by Townes Van Zandt On the banks of the Niles I courted my love I walked with her soft as a mournin' dove I loved her true I swear I still do and now she's gone without me

Columbine Townes Van Zandt

Columbine by Townes Van Zandt Tossin' hair a-ravin' eyes of flashin' blue all the livin' that you're savin' won't buy you dreams for you Cut yourself a columbine tear it from the stem now

Little sundance #2 Townes Van Zandt

Little sundance #2 by Townes Van Zandt When I'm with you, babe, I just can't be lonely When I'm away, babe, I think of you only What can I do, babe, to get back to you, babe, I do anything

The hole Townes Van Zandt

The hole by Townes Van Zandt The old woman finally caught me Sneakin' 'round her cave Her hair looked just like barbwire, boys and her smile just like the grave She asked me could I stay awhile

Our mother the mountain Townes Van Zandt

Our mother the mountain 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

(Quicksilver daydreams of) Maria Townes Van Zandt

(Quicksilver daydreams of) Maria by 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

Fraternity blues Townes Van Zandt

Fraternity blues by Townes Van Zandt I decided to improve my social station I joined a fraternity organisation tucked in my shirt signed on the line right away they said about to improve my mind

If I needed you Townes Van Zandt

If I needed you by Townes Van Zandt If I needed you would you come to me, would you come to me, and ease my pain?

Rake Townes Van Zandt

Rake 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 wounds my

Come tomorrow Townes Van Zandt

Come tomorrow by Townes Van Zandt Could it be the season's changin' the winds of winter rearranging all the leaves like fallin' queens of sorrow Could be the freezing rain a-fallin' could be

Be Here To Love Me Townes Van Zandt

Be Here To Love Me by Townes Van Zandt Your eyes seek conclusion in all this confusion of mine Though you and I both know it's only the warm glow of wine That's got you to feeling this way, but

Tecumseh valley Townes Van Zandt

Tecumseh valley by Townes Van Zandt The name she gave was Caroline daughter of a miner her ways were free it seemed to me that sunshine walked beside her She came from Spencer across the

No deal Townes Van Zandt

No deal by Townes Van Zandt Now this man down at the used car lot tried to sell me four wheels and a trunk. I said, "Man, there is no engine!", he said, "The engine's just a bunch of junk.

Cocaine Blues Townes Van Zandt

And all I want for breakfast is my good cocaine, Cocaine, aw you ol' cocaine. Jump out of bed, Mama, run downtown; Take along the money and look all around. Find the man, the man that sells cocaine.

Sanitarium Blues 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 Got not time to lose Gigantic one-way gate ahead You're thinkin', man, I'd as

Gone too long Townes Van Zandt

Gone too long by Townes Van Zandt I been gone too long too long gone, too long I been travelin hard I just can't get back home it's hard to believe I done all that much wrong I wanna find

Pancho And Lefty Townes Van Zandt

Pancho And Lefty by Townes Van Zandt 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.

Pancho & Lefty Townes Van Zandt

Pancho was a bandit boy, His horse was fast as polished steel He wore his gun outside his pants For all the honest world to feel.

Cowboy junkies lament Townes Van Zandt

Cowboy junkies lament by Townes Van Zandt Baby hit the back door breathin' real heavy said the boys in the alley wouldn't leave her alone Mama did her make-up in a terrible hurry She finally got

Nine Pound Hammer Townes Van Zandt

This nine pound hammer, it's a little too heavy For my size, honey, for my size I'm goin on the mountain, gonna see my baby But I ain't comin' back, no, I ain't comin' back Chorus Roll on buddy, don't

High, Low and In between Townes Van Zandt

High, Low and In between by Townes Van Zandt I come from a long line high and low and in between same as you hills of golden hails of poison time's thrown me through and I believe I've come

Many A Fine Lady Townes Van Zandt

[Chorus:] It's many a fine lady has laid down beside me With their flesh made of velvet and their eyes made of rain Some tried to hold me, to hurt me, to hide me Some turned away, not to look back again

Sad cinderella Townes Van Zandt

Sad cinderella 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

Kathleen Townes Van Zandt

Kathleen by Townes Van Zandt It's plain to see, the sun won't shine today but I ain't in the mood for sunshine anyway maybe I'll go insane I got to stop the pain Or maybe I'll go down to see

Fare thee well, Miss Carousel Townes Van Zandt

Fare thee well, Miss Carousel by Townes Van Zandt The drunken clown's still hanging round but it plain the laughter's all died down the tears you tried so hard to hide are flowin' A blind man

Snake mountain blues Townes Van Zandt

Snake mountain blues 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

Highway kind Townes Van Zandt

Highway kind by Townes Van Zandt My days, they are the highway kind they only come to leave but the leavin' I don't mind it's the comin' that I crave.

No place to fall Townes Van Zandt

No place to fall by Townes Van Zandt If I had no place to fall and I needed to could I count on you to lay me down?

Only him or me Townes Van Zandt

Only him or me 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

Billy, Boney and Ma Townes Van Zandt

Billy, Boney and Ma by Townes Van Zandt Well, Billy went down to the battleground to find a little trinket he could call his own didn't see nothin' lying around he decided he'd dig awhile well

When He offers his hand Townes Van Zandt

When He offers his hand by Townes Van Zandt When He offers his hand don't you turn him away He can lead you to light through the darkest of days With His love wrapped around you you can't go

To live is to fly Townes Van Zandt

To live is to fly by Townes Van Zandt Won't say I love you, babe, won't say I need you, babe, but I'm gonna get you babe and I will not do you wrong.

To Live's To Fly Townes Van Zandt

Won't say I love you, babe Won't say I need you, babe I'm gonna get you babe And I will not do you wrong Living's mostly wasting time I'll waste my share of mine But it never feels too good So let's don't