1.Snowin On Raton
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 your eyes
It's snowin' on raton
Come morning i'll be through them hills and gone
Mother thinks the road is long and lonely
Little brother thinks the road is straight and fine
Little darling thinks the road is soft and lovely
I'm thankful that old road is a friend of mine
Bid the years good-bye you cannot still them
You cannot turn the circles of the sun
You cannot count the miles until you feel them
And you cannot hold a lover that is gone
Tomorrow the mountains will be sleeping
Silently the blanket green and blue
All that i shall hear the silence they are keeping
I'll bring all their promises to you
2.Blue Wind Blew
By townes van zandt
Blue wind's blown my dreams away
My darling's flown and she's gone to stay
All i got now is yesterday
And i don't know what to do
I guess i'll go downtown and see
Just what downtown can do for me
Maybe set my lonesome free
Or maybe let me go
I loved her true and i told her so
I ask her too and she told me no
She said she had somewhere to go
And then she said good-bye
I wonder how long it can go on
How long i'll sing this same old song
I wonder which one done us wrong
Which one forgot to try
I loved her true and i told her so
I ask her too and she told me no
She said she had somewhere to go
And then she said good-bye
3.At My Window
By townes van zandt
At my window
Watching the sun go
Hoping the stars know
It's time to shine
Daydreams
Aloft on dark wings
Soft as the sun streams
At days decline
Living is laughing
Dying says nothing at all
Baby and i are laying here
Watching the evening fall
Time flows
Through brave beginnings
And she leaves her endings
Beneath our feet
Walk lightly
Upon their faces
Leave gentle traces
Upon their sleep
Living is dancing
Dying does nothing at all
Baby and i are laying here
Wathing the evening fall
Three dimes
Hard luck and good times
Fast lines and low rhymes
Ain't much to say
Feel fine
Feel low and lazy
Feel grey and hazy
Feel far away
Living is sighing
Dying ain't flying so high
Baby and i are lying here
Watching the day go by
4.Ain't Leavin' Your Love
By townes van zandt
Mister gator he's a-glidin' down the bayou
Mister buzzard he's a-slidin' through the air
Mister turtle be a-hittin' the highway
I ain't goin' nowhere
I ain't leavin you love, babe
I ain't leavin you love, babe
Not for heaven above, babe
I ain't leavin you love, babe
The poor man got him an airplane
Tryin to cruise across the traffic jam
The rich man got him a chevrolet
I'm stayin' right where i am
Now hannibal he climbed the mountains
Cleopatra danced down the nile
Lucky lindy made it all the way to gay paris
I'm stayin right here awhile
5.Buckskin Stallion Blues
By townes van zandt
I heard her sing in tongues of silver
I heard her cry on a summer storm
I loved her, but she did not know it
So i don't think about her anymore
Now she's gone, and i can't believe it
So i don't think about her anymore
If three and four was seven only
Where would that leave one and two？
If love can be and still be lonely
Where does that leave me and you？
Time there was, and time there will be
Where does that leave me and you？
If i had a buckskin stallion
I'd tame him down and ride away.
If i had a flyin' schooner
I'd sail into the light of day
If i had your love forever
Sail into the light of day
Pretty songs and pretty places
Places that i've never seen
Pretty songs and pretty faces
Tell me what their laughter means
Some look like they'll cry forever
Tell me what their laughter means.
If i had a buckskin stallion
I'd tame him down and ride away.
If i had a golden galleon
I'd sail into the light of day
If i had your love forever
Sail into the light of day
6.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 that you say
The night she is a sapphire
Full of blue desire
Follow her love fire
Higher and higher
What can i do, babe,
To stay her with you babe
At least till the east turn to grey
Just you and me, girl,
The stars and the real whirl
Spinning the minutes away
The darkness is passing
She's never long lasting
But my love ain't leaving
Through hurtin' or pleasin'
I am tellin' you true, babe,
Ask me to do, babe,
I'll trade all my treasures for you
The daylight are flashing
Our hearts could be laughing
If only you wanted them to
For just you and me, girl,
The sun shine and turmoil
Will spill from a basket of blue
7.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 like me
I just tell them wait and see
Go looking for you
Looking low and looking high
Looking far and looking wide
Try to tell myself that i'm fine
But it just ain't true
It just ain't true
I'm still looking for you
Still looking for you
From the shadow of the darkest pine
To the edge of the sweet sunshine
I keep looking till they make you mine
Looking for you
When the curtain tumbles down
I'll be somewhere hanging round
With my heart laid on the ground
Just looking for you
Looking low and looking high
Looking far and looking wide
Try to tell myself that i tried
But it just ain't true
It just won't do
I'm still looking for you
Still looking for you
8.Gone, Gone Blues
By townes van zandt
Well, little darling she ain't mean me no harm
You know, she loved me all night long
Now she's gone, gone
Well, little darling in a dress so red
Now she's gone, man
I'm stuck in chicago, illinois
Let me tell you, boys
She's gone, gone
I do believe she gone a mobil deal
I do believe she made a fool of me
She's gone now
Little darling, won't you stay friend
I want to do them things again
Ah, gone, gone
You know, she loved me all night long
You know, she didn't mean me no wrong
Now she's gone, gone
9.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 away
Well, to meet is like springtime
And to love's like the summer
Her brown eyes shone for nobody but me
Then autumn forever, the fool come a fallin'
And the rain turned to freezin' inside of me.
I'll kindle my fires with the words
I can't send you
And the roads i can't follow
And the songs i can't sing
Well, all you young ladies
Who dream of tomorrow
While you're a listenin'
These words will i say
Cling to today with its joy
And its sorrow
You'll need all your memories
When youth melts away.
Well, the angel of springtime
He rides down the southwind
The angel of summer
He does just the same
The angel of autumn
She's blue and she's golden
And the angel of winter
Won't remember your name
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 away
There lies a bluebird
That's flown away
10.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,
If i stop i will fall
I can lay down a tear
For her pain,
Just a tear and that's all.
What does she want me to do？
She says that she knows
That moments are rare
I suppose that it's true
Then on she goes
To say i don't care,
And she knows
That i do
Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song
And who do i think that i am to decide that she's wrong.
She'd like to think that i'm cruel,
But she knows that's a lie
For i would be
No more than a tool
If i allowed her to cry
All over me.
Oh my sorrow is real
Even though
I can't change my plan
If she could see how i feel
Then i know
That she'd understand
Oh does she actually think i'm to blame？
Does she really believe
That some word of mine
Can relieve
All her pain？
Can't she see that she grieves
Just because she's been blindly deceived
By her shame？
Nothin's what it seems,
Maybe she'll start someday
To realize
If she abandons her dreams,
Then all the words she can say
Are only lies
When will she see
That to gain
Is only to lose？
All that she offers me
Are her chains,
I got to refuse
Oh but it's only to herself that she's lied
She likes to pretend
It's something that she must defend,
With her pride
And i don't intend
To stand her and be the friend
From whom she must hide
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