Published On Mar 26, 2023
"To Live's to Fly" from Townes Van Zandt's album In Pain
Listen/Purchase: https://townesvanzandt.ffm.to/inpain.OYD
Lyrics:
Won't say I love you, babe,
Won't say I need you, babe,
But I'm gonna get you babe
And I will not do you wrong
Living's mostly wasting time
And I'll waste my share of mine
But it never feels to good,
So let's don't take to long
You're soft as glass
And I'm a gentle man
We got the sky to talk about
And the earth to lie upon
Days, up and down they come
Like rain on a conga drum
Forget most, remember some
But don't turn none away
Everything is not enough
And nothin' is to much to bear
Where you been is good and gone
All you keep is the getting there
To live is to fly
Low and high,
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes
It's goodbye to all my friends
It's time to go again
Think of all the poetry
And the pickin' down the line
I'll miss the system here
The bottom's low
And the treble's clear
But it don't pay to think to much
On things you leave behind
Well, I may be gone
But it won't be long
I will be a'bringin' back the melodies
And rhythm that I find
We all got holes to fill
Them holes are all that's real
Some fall on you like a storm,
Sometimes you dig your own
The choice is yours to make,
Time is yours to take
Some dive into the sea,
Some toil upon the stone
To live is to fly
Low and high,
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes
Shake the dust off of your wings
And the tears out of your eyes
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