I'm doin' the best I can. But Im startin' to understand. The best Ive got ain't getting me anywhere. . I'm fightin' with all my might. But when Im alone at night.
I grew up in a tiny town. Sidewalks rolled up. When the sun went down. And we played in the street. 'Til my mom said come eat. In that tiny town. . My dad ran station by the railroad track.
We don't like to go out shoppin'. We don't care what's on sale. We just want to sit with a bag full of chips. Watchin' the N.F.L.. . When you come over at half time.
I was 17. Just gettin' started. Every weekend was a non-stop party. Chasin' girls and cruisin' town. . It was nightclubs all through my 20's. And 3 a.m. breakfast at Denny's.
It was no accident me finding you. Someone had a hand in it. Long before we ever knew. Now I just can't believe you're in my life. Heaven's smilin' down on me.
The lights were hot and the beer was not. And the band was playin' loud. The house was full but her eyes pulled me. Right across the crowd. . And I said "How's a guy like me.
Stack of bills on her kitchen table. Out go the lights and off goes the cable. If she don't pay em by the 15th. And it don't look like she's gonna be able.
Well, I woke up this mornin'. And I was feelin' fine. But with my first cup of coffee. Came the last thing on my mind. . It hung around uninvited. The whole day through.
Well I walked in the band just started. The singer couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. Was on a mission to drown her memory but. I thought no way with all this ruckus.
I walked in the band just started. The singer couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. Was on a mission to drown her memory but. I thought "No way" with all this ruckus.
It's lonely out tonight down here in Georgia. And the oldest friend I've got I met today. The woman that I love just up and left me. And the place I love is a thousand miles away.
Talk To Me Texas. (Don Cook/Bucky Jones/Curly Putman). . It's lonely out tonight down here in Georgia. And the oldest friend I've got I met today. The woman that I love just up and left me.
You can settle down in Mexico. Run away join a circus show. Whatever, baby it's alright with me. Take a walk in the pouring rain. Sky dive from a jet airplane.
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.
Well, the clouds didn't look like cotton. They didn't even look like clouds. I was underneath the weather. My friends looked a crowd. The swimmin' hole was full of rum.
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.
By townes van zandt. . Well, I've been turnstyled,. Junkpiled. And railroaded too. I've been laid low. But don't you know. I'm still in love with you.
So close and yet so far away. And all the things I'd hoped to say. Will have to go unsaid today. Perhaps until tomorrow. . Fears have built a wall between.
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 share of mine.
By Townes Van Zandt. I'll play upon my violin. Until the mountains ring. Of lonely laughter blindly thrown. And cause an endless sark of strings. The skies are sad.