No Deal Lyrics - Sunshine Boy: The Unheard Studio Sessions & Demos 1971-1972 - Townes Van Zandt

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 engine!" 

He said, "The engine's just a bunch of junk" 

"You don't need no engine to go downhill 

And I could plainly see 

That that's the direction you're headed in" 

And he handed me the keys 

And I said no deal, you can't sell that stuff to me 

Ah, no deal, I'm going back to Tennessee 

Well, I went to a doctor of the highest order 

He said I couldn't have a drink for a year 

One glass of wine on my birthday 

If my birthday wasn't too very near 

Lord, he must have put me in a state of shock 

'Cause I made it for about two weeks 

And then he sent me a bill that knocked me flat off the wagon 

And back down on my feet 

And I said no deal, you can't sell that stuff to me 

Ah, no deal, I'm going back to Tennessee 

Well when true love knocked upon my door 

She just barely turned fifteen 

And I was a little bit nervous 

If you know just what I mean 

But I'd heard somewhere that true love conquers all 

And I figured that was that 

Then I started having dreams 'bout being chased out of town 

Wearing nothing but my cowboy hat 

And I said no deal, you can't sell that stuff to me 

Ah, no deal, I'm going back to Tennessee 

Well, I come through this life a stumbler, my friends 

I expect to die that way 

Oh it could be twenty years from now 

Could be most any day 

But if there is no whiskey and women, Lord 

Behind them heavenly doors 

I'm gonna take my chances down below 

And of that you can be sure 

Oh it's no deal, you can't sell that stuff to me 

Ah no deal, I'm going back to Tennessee 

And it's no deal, you can't sell that stuff to me 

Ah, no deal, I'm going back to Tennessee