Black Haired Boy Lyrics - The Essential Guy Clark - Guy Clark

He's a black haired boy of some confusion 

And he makes no excuse for the things that he's usin' 

He's gentle and wild and a child of the mountain 

His words are for singing and his days are for countin' 

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And he's looking for a home he's scared to find 

Some lady beside him and he's drunk on white wine 

Some lady beside him and he's drunk on white wine 

He's a devil in the morning and a savior at night 

Tomorrow's a case of whatever's right 

Lonesome and high are the things that he feels 

And the cards that he plays are the ones that he deals 

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He's one of the chances you're entitled to take 

He's one of the hearts that it's too late to break 

I've seen him be sad and never know why 

Seen him fall down to laugh, seen him stand up to cry 

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