by Townes Van Zandt on album No Deeper Blue

Hey Willie boy, what you gonna do? When the wind blows cold the moon turns blue Build me a fire gonna dance and sing A little bit of winter don't mean a thing A little bit of winter don't mean a thing

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

Now, me and this friend named, Streetlife Brown We got a bottle of red and walked downtown One hand on the jug and one on time He said, "I bet you a dollar against this next line" I said, "Don't

by Townes Van Zandt on album Flyin' Shoes

If I had a dollar bill Yes, I believe, I surely will Go to town and drink my fill Early in the morning Little darling, she's a redhaired thing Man, she makes my legs to sing Gonna buy her a diamond r

by Townes Van Zandt on album 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 breathe upon the petals fine And throw th

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

Snow don't fall on summers time Wind don't blow below the sea My loves lies 'neath frozen skies And waits in sweet repose for me Her eyes did laugh, her lips did sing Her legs did roll, my soul to br

by Townes Van Zandt on album No Deeper Blue

Dreams that have flown down the hall Tears that were sown on despair Summer's turned fall, they don't matter at all When I wake and find you lying there Sweet silence and soft auburn hair Blues gonna

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

Her face was crystal, fair and fine Her breath was morning, her lips were wine Her eyes were laughter, her touch divine Her face was crystal and she was mine If only she could feel my pain But feelin

by Townes Van Zandt on album Roadsongs

Far across the blue water lives an old German's daughter* By the banks of the old river Rhine Where I loved her and left her but I can't forget her I miss my pretty fraulein Fraulein, fraulein, look

by Townes Van Zandt on album No Deeper Blue

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 ready but the boys were gone Mama don't you wo

by Townes Van Zandt on album Roadsongs

Hello central give me heaven* For I know my mother's there And you'll find her with the angels Over on the golden stair She'll be glad it's me a speaking Wont you call her for me please For I surely

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

Let me tell you a story 'bout a girl I knew Fairest skin with eyes of blue I swear to the Lord that I loved her true It's a year now she's been gone Her spirit was as bright as the soft sunshine Lips

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

Well, my home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains My home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains Well, my home is in the Blue Ridge Mountains And I ain't comin' back here anymore Well, I had me a mother that coul

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

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 Do you think I really care? Do you think it ma

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

Greensboro woman don't you smile on me I do not feel like being comforted And anyway I'll be home soon For once is someone waitin' there And if you don't mind, I just think on her instead Your face,

by Townes Van Zandt on album No Deeper Blue

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 he dug her up and he dug her down 'Fore too lo

by Townes Van Zandt on album Sunshine Boy

HERE IS A GREAT SONG BY TOWNES VAN ZANDT. I JUST DISCOVERED HIM THE OTHER DAY, AND WHAT A GREAT WRITER, AND SINGER. IF THERE IS ANY OTHER VAN ZANDT FANS THERE, LET ME KNOW, I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE AB

by Townes Van Zandt on album The Nashville Sessions

Sunrise comes and I don't know why* Living loves and the day does fly Soon the moon and baby and i Will be lyin' side by side How many of your skies are blue? How much of your love is true? Where to

by Townes Van Zandt on album At My Window

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' your love, babe I ain't leavin' y

by Townes Van Zandt on album No Deeper Blue

I been gone too long Too long gone, too long I been travelin' hard I just can't get back home Oh, it's hard to believe I done all that much wrong I wanna find me a seven Sevens ain't so bad Seven's a

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

And if your baby leaves you And you got no place to go Oh, you come and see me darlin' And bring along some dough And we'll go honky-tonkin', honky-tonkin' We'll go honky-tonkin', honey, baby We'll g