Townes Van Zandt - Wreck On The Highway Lyrics
Last night I was out driving
Coming home at the end of the working day
I was riding alone through the drizzling rain
On a deserted stretch of a county two-lane
When I came upon a wreck on the highway
There was blood and glass all over
And there was nobody there but me
As the rain tumbled down hard and cold
I seen a young man lying by the side of the road
He cried Mister, won't you help me please
An ambulance finally came and took him to Riverside
I watched as they drove him away
And I thought of a girlfriend or a young wife
And a state trooper knocking in the middle of the night
Sometimes I sit up in the darkness
And I watch my baby as she sleeps
Then I climb in bed and I hold her tight
I just lay there awake in the middle of the night
Thinking 'bout the wreck on the highway
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Townes Van Zandt Wreck On The Highway Comments
Listen to Townes Van Zandt. Apply liberally in a generous manner about the affected area's to alleviate restlessness, scurvy, ague, sprue, dry belly ache, lumpy foot, vapors, worm fits, boredom, stress, itchy brain, cold feet, hot pants, mania......and more. A little dab'll do ya, but once you pop, you can't stop.
There was nobody like Townes, his guitar and his melancholy voice. Rest in peace my friend.
I like this one even a little better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3C8Nm9aYq4&frags=pl%2Cwn
Thanks to all for these -- haven't seen and heard him since the 1970's when I lived in Texas.
Thanks -- I'm sure I;m biased, but I don;t think there's been anyone better -- more honest, more straight-on -- more Texan -- in all those years.
Once you've been exposed to the life altering experience of Townes Van Zandt it's hard to imagine how you managed to make it through all those days before that point.
The best. I love you Townes.
Haunting and Beautiful
Thanks so much for posting...
Many thanks.
GODBLESS WEST TEXAS......THE PECOS RIVER IS MY SPECIAL SECRET . ALL AMERICAN SURFER TOMMYTHOMPSON..IRAAN TEXAS