High, Low & In Between Lyrics - Townes Van Zandt

Come from a long line 

High, low and in between, same as you 

Hills of golden, hails of poison 

Time's thrown me through 

And I believe I've come to learn 

That turning 'round is to become confusion 

And the gold's no good for spending 

And the poison's hungry waiting 

What can you leave behind 

When you're flying lightning fast and all alone? 

Only a trace, my friend 

Spirit of motion born and direction grown 

The trace it will not fade in frozen skies 

And your journey will be 

And if a shadow dont seem much company 

But who said it would be? 

There is the highway 

And the home-made lovin' kind, the highway's mine 

And us ramblers will get the travelin' done 

You fathers build with stones that stand and shine 

Heaven's where you find it 

And you can't take too much with you 

But daddy, don't you listen 

It's just this highway talkin' 

All things that are alive 

Are brothers in the soil and in the sky 

And I believe it with my blood, if not my eyes 

I don't know why we can't be brothers here, 

I know we should be 

Answers don't seem easy 

and I'm wondering if they could be