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Thursday, 21 August 2014

Words for the Music 002: TOWNES VAN ZANDT


TOWNES VAN ZANDT
c 1987
 


AT MY WINDOW 
TOWNES VAN ZANDT   
from the 1987 Sugar Hill Records LP  
At My Window 



  
AT MY WINDOW


At my window
Watching the sun go
Hoping the stars know
It's time to shine
Daydreams
Aloft on dark wings
Soft as the sun streams
At day's decline
Living is laughing
And dying says nothing at all
Baby and I lying here
Watching the evening fall
 
Time flows
Through brave beginnings
And she leaves her endings
Beneath our feet
Walk lightly
Upon their faces
Leave gentle traces
Upon their sleep
Living is dancing
Dying does nothing at all
Baby and I lying here
Watching the evening fall
 
Three dimes
Hard luck and good times
Fast lines and low rhymes
Ain't much to say
Feel fine
Feel low and lazy
Feel gray and hazy
Feel far away
Living is sighing
Dying ain't flying so high
Baby and I lying here
Watching the day go by



Words and music © 1987 Townes Van Zandt
 
 

The music of Townes Van Zandt was and remains that of a true North American troubadour, as beautiful as it is haunting and, in its own way, inimitable.  Van Zandt wrote music from the heart that speaks directly to the heart, material that, despite its apparent simplicity, still manages to express the profound and sometimes very bitter truth of what it means to be human and alive.

 
Use the link below to visit the website of North American singer/songwriter TOWNES VAN ZANDT:
 
http://townesvanzandt.com/ 


Special thanks to everyone who takes the time to upload music to YouTube.  Your efforts are appreciated by music lovers everywhere.    

 
 
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Last updated 5 April 2021

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