Rake Lyrics - Down Home Music - Townes Van Zandt

I used to wake and run with the moon 

I lived like a rake and a young man 

I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds 

My laughter, the Devil would frighten 

The sun, she would come and beat me back down 

But every cruel day had its nightfall 

I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars 

Full of fire and forgetful 

My body was sharp, the dark air clean 

And outrage my joyful companion 

Whisperin' women, how sweet did they seem 

Kneelin' for me to command them 

And time was like water but I was the sea 

I'd have never noticed it passin' 

Except for the turnin' of night into day 

And the turnin' of day into cursin' 

You look at me now and don't think I don't know 

What all your eyes are a sayin' 

Does he want us to believe these ravings and lies 

They're just tricks that his brains been a playin'? 

A lover of women, he can't hardly stand 

He trembles, he's bent and he's broken 

I've fallen it's true but I say unto you 

Hold your tongues until after I've spoken 

I was takin' my pride in the pleasures I'd known 

I laughed and thought I'd be forgiven 

But my laughter turned 'round eyes blazing and 

Said my friend, we're holdin' a wedding 

I buried my face but it spoke once again 

The night to the day we're a bindin' 

And now the dark air is like fire on my skin 

And even the moonlight is blinding