(Townes Van Zandt) I stood in line and left my name Took about six hours or so Well, the man just grinned like it was all a game Said they'd let me
(Townes Van Zandt) Well Loretta, she's a bar-room girl Wears them sevens on her sleeve Dances like a diamond shines Tell me lies I love to believe
(Townes Van Zandt) Well the wicked king of clubs awoke And it was to his queen turned His lips were laughing as they spoke His eyes like bullets burned
(Townes Van Zandt) Livin' on the road, my friend Was gonna keep you free and clean And now you wear your skin like iron And your breath as hard as kerosene
(Townes 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 laughter,
(Townes Van Zandt) If I had no place to fall And I needed to Could I count on you To lay me down? I'd never tell you no lies I don't believe it's wise
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
(Townes Van Zandt) Where I lead me, I will travel Where I need me, I will call me I'm no fool, I'll be ready, God knows I will be And in the meantime
I'm goin out on the highway Listen to them big trucks whine I'm goin out on the highway Listen to them big trucks whine White freight liner Won't you
Well, won't you lend your lungs to me? Mine are collapsing Plant my feet and bitterly breathe Up the time that's passing. Breath I'll take and breath
(Townes Van Zandt) I got a brand new companion Man, I'm gonna do my best this time I got a brand new companion Man, I'm gonna do my best this time You
Selma town But no local yokel gonna shut me down 'Cause me and my boys got this rig unwound And we've come a thousand miles from a guitar town Nothin
another town Once upon a time I loved this house Now I'm thinkin' 'bout burnin' it down And I'll be long gone when the fire burns out On the way to another town
in Selma Town But no local yokel gonna shut me down 'Cause me and my boys got this rig unwound And we've come a thousand miles from a Guitar Town
to another town Once upon a time I loved this house Now I'm thinkin' 'bout burnin' it down And I'll be long gone when the fire burns out On the way to another town
town Dirty old town Clouds a drifting across the moon Cats a prowling on their beat Spring's a girl in the street at night Dirty old town Dirty old town
mother cried as he walked out "don't take your guns to town. Son, leave your guns at home. Bill, don't take your guns to town." He laughed
I go to That no one knows Where no matter what I do Won't nobody put me down That's why I'm goin' to The other side of town On the other side of town