Townes Van Zandt - Song For Lyrics

DONT BEe AFRAID, BEATFUL, SO ARE WEee MUCIKKK RØRER MITT HJÆRTE /SOUL

Those words cut deep , long live the greatest song writer

Apparently Townes told his last wife that this song was a suicide note

No, Townes had written the lyrics down on a napkin and his wife thought it was a suicide note.

@Nobody I heard a TVZ interview from around 94-95 where he said Jeanene found the napkin & complimented him on the lyrics. TVZ's response: "Song my ass, that's a suicide note."

@Ryan A. Porter Yes, I apologise, I was wrong.

@Ryan A. Porter hi, I would really love to see that interview, do you know where one could view that,thank you

Tony Hebert It’s out here somewhere in YouTube-land. Although with the recent influx of later (mostly Europe) TVZ shows, it may now be a needle in a haystack. And considering the amount of times TVZ had fun with interviewers, telling completely different, off-the-cuff, back-stories on how some of his songs were born, who knows what the actual truth is. Pretty sure he preferred it that way:)

wish my dad would give this song a listen to,its easier to listen to explain

GODDAMN

Did anyone else hear a glass smash at 00:17 ?

I heard it too, sometimes it's just too good a take to let go of despite a small thing like that

Probably a live recording.

It was guy Clark dropping a glass of orange juice and vodka

@Corey Clayson that's what makes it better you fool. Authenticity.

Jesus wept

morphinlounge101 😭

Townes most saddest song He couldnt believe it when he 'out wrote' 'Nothing',

How do you know? If he lived no body would recognize his name. This culture just worships the dead.

He mentions it on the live album 'Down Home and Abroad'

@Paul Savage goof

Amazing stuff. Our group's lead singer is largely influenced by this stuff. Check it out if you get a chance. Peace!!

Sure as hell doesn't sound like it.

Hahaha my thoughts exactly

fuck off

Pathetic, Townes would be rolling in his grave. Like Bill Hicks said Play with some fucking soul and stop sucking Satan's cock.

So  Beautiful.

+tonyspoemsandstuff
''It's beautiful.... In a way''
(Townes Van Zandt)

It's too late to wish I'd been stronger.

Isn't that a great line?

Every time the alcohol withdrawals hit me hard, and I'm shaking and sweating in bed, and I just think how many things I could've done better... I wish I'd been stronger.

Mule sez--I will allwaze ramble--I"ll play -I"ll pray-I"ll scramble for true love -

"I sung out my heart for what it was worth" - a devastating statement given the beauty, honesty and sincerity of his life's work. what's worth more, is the ability to project force, to mass indoctrinate, or waist-hip ratio, or to sell sex and advertising (online now, or all the precursors before). We are still evil chimps who value evil.

He knew what he was doing. He would rather do that than work on his father's farm digging potatoes. He could have had the best education and gone to school and his parent's would have paid for it, too. But he got he bored and started hanging around taverns in Texas soaking up the music that was around. His parents were rich. His grandfather's name was "Houston' but Townes hated his family's hypocrisy and decided to rebel against their notions of good and evil. After this, Townes was homeless and had no where to go except the streets of Texas because he disobeyed his father and their hypocritical Protestant way of life.