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Townes Van Zandt
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“At one time, friends, I had a ma, I even had a pa Well he beat her with a belt once 'cause she cried She told him to take care of me, headed down to Tennessee Well, it's easier than just a-waitin' around to die I came of age and I found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar Ah, she cleaned me out and hit it on the sly Well, I tried to kill the pain, I bought some wine and hopped a train It seemed easier than just a-waitin' around to die”
Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Waiting Around to Die (1969)
“Pancho was a bandit boys His horse was fast as polished steel Wore his gun outside his pants For all the honest world to feel Pancho met his match you know On the deserts down in Mexico Nobody heard his dying words That's the way it goes All the Federales say They could have had him any day They only let him hang around Out of kindness I suppose”
Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pancho and Lefty (1972)
“If I needed you, would you come to me? Would you come to me and ease my pain? If you needed me, I would come to you I'd swim the seas for to ease your pain Well, in the night forlorn, oh, the morning's born And the morning shines with the lights of love And you will miss sunrise if you close your eyes And that would break my heart in twoThe lady's with me now since I showed her how To lay her lily hand in mine Loop and Lil agree, she's a sight to see A treasure for the poor to find”
Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: If I Needed You (1972)
“Days, up and down they come Like rain on a conga drum Forget most, remember some But don't turn none away Everything is not enough And nothin' is too much to bear Where you been is good and gone All you keep is the getting there To live is to fly Low and high So shake the dust off of your wings And the sleep out of your eyes”
Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The name she gave was Caroline Daughter of a miner Her ways were free It seemed to me That sunshine walked beside her”
Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The promise in her smile shames the mountains tall She can bring the sun to shining. She can tell the rain to fall.It's been a long time, Mama, since I heard you call my name,Ah, been a long time since I heard you call my nameI got to see my Colorado girl againBe there tomorrow, Mama, don't you cry”
Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You have to blow off your family. You have to blow off comfort. You have to blow off money.... You have to blow off your ego. You have to blow off everything except your guitar.”
Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997) first seen 1079 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rolling Stone #1079 (28 May 2009), p. 64.