by Townes Van Zandt on album The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

Well, I'm building a houseboat in heaven To sail them, deep and holy seas Well, I'm building a houseboat in heaven And it's welcome aboard you sweet, sweet peace Oh, the bow she is made of solid silv

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

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 to leave For the hills cannot hold back

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

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 Kathleen. A swallow comes and tells m

by Townes Van Zandt on album Roadsongs

I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396* Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot Outside the Seven-Eleven store Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out o

by Townes Van Zandt on album Roadsongs

If you ever go out to the circus* Where the Wallendas walk on the wire I'll tell you a tale to remember When the white horses leap rings of fire It was a cold night in Oklahoma The show was about to

by Townes Van Zandt on album Miscellaneous

Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me Sometimes I can't even see the reason why I guess I keep on gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin' It's easier than just a-waitin' 'roun

by Townes Van Zandt on album Townes Van Zandt

There's no stronger wind than the one that blows Down a lonesome railroad line No prettier sight than looking back On a town you left behind There is nothin' that's as real As a love that's in my mind

by Townes Van Zandt on album The Nashville Sessions

Well, the clouds didn't look like cotton* They didn't even look like clouds I was underneath the weather And all my friends looked a crowd The swimmin' hole was full of rum I tried to find out why Wel

by Townes Van Zandt on album Flyin' Shoes

I walk 47 miles of barbed wire* I use a cobra-snake for a necktie, I got a brand new house by the roadside, Made outta rattlesnake hide. I got a brand new chimney made on top, Made out of a human skul

by Townes Van Zandt on album Townes Van Zandt

Well, 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 some kind of game, b

by Townes Van Zandt on album Delta Momma Blues

Come away with me, my little delta boy I wanna be your delta mama for awhile And if you stay you'll see that I bring you lots of joy I turn those little teardrops to a smile Well, if you're blue don'

by Townes Van Zandt on album High, Low And In Between

Well, the birds were talking all at once And the old man moving down his lawn He didn't look like much too bad a guy And I was thinkin' hang on, man, something's wrong Your blues they do seems to be g

by Townes Van Zandt on album Miscellaneous

Well, she stands all alone with her sorrow Like a bird that's afraid to sing She lives for the pain tomorrow will bring Will she call if she starts to fall or will she silent go? Well, her scarlet j

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

My home is Colorado with their proud mountains tall Where the rivers like gypsy's down her black canyons fall I'm a long, long way from Denver with a long way to go So lend an ear to my singing 'cause

by Townes Van Zandt on album For The Sake Of The Song: First Album

It's many a fine lady that's walked along 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 And some turned away not to look back again

by Townes Van Zandt on album Delta Momma Blues

Don't go sayin' I'm leaving you Thinkin' 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 gonna drown tomorrow If you cry too many tea

by Townes Van Zandt on album Roadsongs

Out from the wide Pacific to the broad Atlantic shore* She climbs flowery mountains, over hills and by the shore Although she's tall and handsome and she's known quite well by all She's a regular comb

by Townes Van Zandt on album High, Low And In Between

Well no deal, you can't sell that stuff to me Ah no deal, I'm going back to Tennessee Now this man down at the used car lot Tried to sell me four wheels and a trunk I said, "But man, there is no engi

by Townes Van Zandt on album High, Low And In Between

Well I got two hands, I wanna clap my hands together I got two legs, I wanna dance to heavens door I got one heart, I'm gonna fill it up with up Jesus And I ain't gonna think about trouble anymore We

by Townes Van Zandt on album Roadsongs

Every time me and my baby go uptown* Police come and they knock me down. Cocaine run all 'round my brain. Yeah, baby, come here quick, This old cocaine 'bout to make me sick. Cocaine run all 'round m