Townes Van Zandt - High, Low And In Between Lyrics
I come from a long line
Of high and low and in between
Same as you
Hills of golden
Piles of poison
And I believe I've come to learn
That turnin' 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 flyin' lightning fast
And all alone?
Only a trace, my friend,
And direction grown.
And a trace it will not fade
In frozen skies
And your journey will be
And if a shadow don't seem much company
Well who said it would be?
There is the highway
And the homemade lovin' kind
And the highway's mine
And us ramblers are getting the travelling down
You fathers build with stones
That stand and shine
Heaven's where you find it
And you can't
Take too much with you
Aw but daddy, don't you listen
It's just this highway talkin'
All things 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 wonderin'
If they could be
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Townes Van Zandt High, Low And In Between Comments
HAHA... John Denver and Ed Sheehan both gave this a thumbs down
The highway's mine, too. Thank you Townes, for making the point that it is a perfectly noble life. Not all of us are born to be builders...
If there is a heaven Townes is playing there..
When I’m dead, I told Birch this must be played...
I'm thinking he was an INFJ
Someone here is neither high, low or in-between.
My favorite by Townes.
This Song Moves Me To The Core Bless You RIP💔
I come from a long line
High and 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 turnin' 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 flyin' lightning fast
And all alone?
Only a trace, my friend,
Spirit of motion born
And direction grown.
A trace that will not fade
In frozen skies
Your journey will be
And if a shadow doesn't seem much company
Who said it would be?
There is the highway
And the homemade lovin' kind
The highway's mine
And us ramblers are getting the travelling down
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 at our life
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 wonderin'
If they could be
Bless the misguided, unhappy soul that disliked this.
A John Denver fan and Ed Sheehan got drunk and did that
High, low, and in-between - same as you.
song writing just doesn't get better than this. beauty beauty raw raw beauty and reality. second verse its technical too... like math technical. spirit of motion born and direction grown.... (vector)
"All things that are alive, are brothers in the soil and in the sky." <-- This, I think, refers to biological evolution; even the title of the song could refer to that.
"The answers don't seem easy; I'm wondering if they could be." <---That's a statement indicating significant philosophical awareness.
Townes was so awesome.
Amazing song
where do i download????
So great!
Townes Van Zandt saved my life I shit you not
It's easy to write songs like this. All you need is lots of whiskey and loneliness.
"I don't know why we can't be brothers here; I know we should be."
I'll never be alone as long as I have Townes in my ears.
Townes :)
Best song ever.
"answers don't seem easy/and i'm wonderin' if they could be"
beautiful
What can you leave behind when you're flyin' lightnin' fast and all alone?
Thank you for posting this, DRANTJE! 😀
Thanks for the music TVZ....
I love this song and RAKE by Townes. Oh yeah, and everyone of his other songs! What an artist.
DRANTJE, thankyou for this great post. Such a simple song yet so complex.
What a beautiful song. Typical Townes. You gotta buy the DVD "Be Here to Love Me". Great documentary film about Mr. Van Zandt. DRANTJE thanks for the post.