by Townes Van Zandt on album Texas Troubadour

My lover comes to me with a rose on her bosom The moon's dancin' purple All through her black hair And a ladies-in-waiting she stands 'neath my window And the sun will rise soon On the false and the f

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

Mr. Ten Dollar man Let me tell where you're bound Drink your green liqour, Lord You'll roll to the ground But you come around here With your money in your hand Taste of my woman Where you die, where

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

When she had twenty years she turned to her mother Saying mother, I know that you'll grieve But I've given my soul to St. John the gambler Tomorrow comes time to leave For the hills cannot hold back

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother the Mountain

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother the Mountain

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother the Mountain

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother the Mountain

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother the Mountain

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother the Mountain

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother the Mountain

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

The name she gave was Caroline The daughter of a miner Well her ways were free And it seemed to me Sunshine walked beside her She said she'd come to look for work She was not seekin' favors For a dim

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

Like silent she stands like laughter she falls From a castle of sand like a memory she crawls And the mockingbirds grieve 'cause they can't make her cry They'll soon start to believe that the lady has

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

Her face was crystal, fair and fine Her breath was morning, her lips were wine Her eyes were laughter, her touch divine Her face was crystal and she was mine If only she could feel my pain But feelin

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

You're wakin' next to me Tears splash across the sun You whisper soft to me That I ain't the only one To breathe your yellow hair Caress your bosom fair Do you think I really care? Do you think it ma

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

She came and she touched me With hands made of heaven Reflections sent spinnin' Through a face laced in mist Now I stand where she left me Buried deep 'neath her shadow And the mirror pleads sadly Has

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

It's plain to see, the sun won't shine today But I ain't in the mood for sunshine anyway Maybe I'll go insane I got to stop the pain Or maybe I'll go down to see Kathleen. A swallow comes and tells m

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

My home is Colorado with their proud mountains tall Where the rivers like gypsy's down her black canyons fall I'm a long, long way from Denver with a long way to go So lend an ear to my singing 'cause

by Townes Van Zandt on album Our Mother The Mountain

Your eyes seek conclusion in all this confusion of mine Though you and I both know it's only the warm glow of wine That's got you to feel in this way But I don't care I want you to stay And hold me an