Townes Van Zandt
John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997), better known as To… Read Full Bio ↴John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997), better known as Townes Van Zandt, was a critically acclaimed American songwriter and singer. Much of Van Zandt’s musical canon--songs such as "Pancho and Lefty", "For the Sake of the Song", "Tecumseh Valley", "Rex's Blues", and "To Live is to Fly"--are widely considered masterpieces of American folk music. His musical style is often described as melancholy in sound and delivery with rich and poetic lyrics. During his early years, Van Zandt was widely respected for his guitar playing and fingerpicking ability.
In 1983, six years after Emmylou Harris had first popularized it, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard covered his song "Pancho and Lefty", reaching number one on the Billboard country music chart. Much of Van Zandt’s life was spent touring various dive bars, often living in cheap motel rooms and backwoods cabins. For much of the 1970s, he lived in a simple shack without electricity or a phone.
His influence has been cited by countless artists across multiple genres, and his music has been recorded or performed by numerous artists, including Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Norah Jones, Emmylou Harris, The Counting Crows, Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen Jr., Nanci Griffith, Guy Clark, Wade Bowen, Gillian Welch, Pat Green and Natalie Maines.
He suffered from a series of drug addictions, alcoholism, and was given a psychiatric diagnosis of bipolar disorder. When he was young, the now-discredited insulin shock therapy erased much of his long-term memory.
Van Zandt died on New Years Day 1997 from cardiac arrythmia caused by health problems stemming from years of substance abuse. A revival of interest in Van Zandt occurred in the 2000s. During the decade, two books, a documentary film (Be Here to Love Me), and numerous magazine articles about the singer were written.
Born in Fort Worth into a wealthy family, Van Zandt was a third-great-grandson of Isaac Van Zandt (a prominent leader of the Republic of Texas) and a second great-nephew of Khleber Miller Van Zandt (a major in the Confederate army and one of the founders of Fort Worth). Van Zandt County in east Texas was named after his family in 1848.
Townes's parents were Harris Williams Van Zandt (1913–1966) and Dorothy Townes (1919–1983). He had two siblings, Bill and Donna (1941–2011). Harris was a corporate lawyer, and his career required the family to move several times during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1952, the family transplanted from Fort Worth to Midland, Texas, for six months before moving to Billings, Montana.
At Christmas in 1956, Townes's father gave him a guitar, which he practiced while wandering the countryside. He would later tell an interviewer that "watching Elvis Presley's October 28, 1956, performance on The Ed Sullivan Show was the starting point for me becoming a guitar player... I just thought that Elvis had all the money in the world, all the Cadillacs and all the girls, and all he did was play the guitar and sing. That made a big impression on me." In 1958 the family moved to Boulder, Colorado. Van Zandt would remember his time in Colorado fondly and would often visit it as an adult. He would later refer to Colorado in "My Proud Mountains", "Colorado Girl", and "Snowin' on Raton". Townes was a good student and active in team sports. In grade school, he received a high IQ score, and his parents began grooming him to become a lawyer or senator. Fearing that his family would move again, he willingly decided to attend the Shattuck School, in Faribault, Minnesota. He received a score of 1170 when he took the SAT in January 1962. His family soon moved to Houston, Texas.
The University of Colorado at Boulder accepted Van Zandt as a student in 1962. In the spring of his second year, his parents flew to Boulder to bring Townes back to Houston, apparently worried about his binge drinking and episodes of depression. They admitted him to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he was diagnosed with manic depression. He received three months of insulin shock therapy, which erased much of his long-term memory. Afterwards, his mother claimed her "biggest regret in life was that she had allowed that treatment to occur". In 1965, he was accepted into the University of Houston's pre-law program. Soon after he attempted to join the Air Force, but was rejected because of a doctor's diagnosis that labelled him "an acute manic-depressive who has made minimal adjustments to life". He quit school around 1967, having been inspired by his singer-songwriter heroes to pursue a career in playing music.
Van Zandt was addicted to heroin and alcohol throughout his adult life. At times he would become drunk on stage and forget the lyrics to his songs. At one point, his heroin habit was so intense that he offered Kevin Eggers the publishing rights to all of the songs on each of his first four albums for $20. At various points, his friends saw him shoot up not just heroin, but also cocaine, vodka, as well as a mixture of rum and Coke. On at least one occasion, he shot up heroin in the presence of his son J.T., who was only eight years old at the time.
As a result of Van Zandt's constant drinking, Harold Eggers, Kevin's brother, was hired on as his tour manager and 24-hour caretaker in 1976, a partnership that would last for the rest of the singer's life. Although the musician was many years older than he was, Eggers would later say that Van Zandt was his "first child." His battles with addiction led him to be admitted to rehab almost a dozen times throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Medical records from his time in recovery centers show that he believed his drinking had become a problem around 1973, and by 1982 he was drinking at least a pint of vodka daily. Doctors' notes reported: "He admits to hearing voices, mostly musical voices", and "Affect is blunted and mood is sad. Judgment and insight is impaired." At various points in his life, he was prescribed to take the antidepressant Zoloft and the mood stabilizer lithium. His final and longest period of sobriety during his adult life was a period of about a year in 1989 and 1990.
Van Zandt has been referred to as a cult musician and "a songwriter's songwriter." Musician Steve Earle, who met him in 1978 and considered Van Zandt a mentor, once called Van Zandt "the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that." The quote was printed on a sticker featured on the packing of At My Window, much to Van Zandt's displeasure. In the years following, the quote was often cited by the press, much to Van Zandt and Earle's embarrassment; in 2009, Earle told the New York Times, "Did I ever believe that Townes was better than Bob Dylan? No." But he concluded at the end of the same article that, "As a songwriter, you won't find anybody better." Earle has championed the songwriter on a number of occasions: his eldest son, Justin Townes Earle, also a musician, is named after Van Zandt. Earle wrote the song "Fort Worth Blues" as a tribute to the singer in the late 1990s, and in 2009 released an album titled Townes, which featured all covers of Van Zandt songs.
His Texas-grounded impact stretched farther than country. He has been cited as a source of inspiration by such notable artists as Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Guthrie Thomas, John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Chelsea Wolfe, Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, Cowboy Junkies, Vetiver, Guy Clark, Devendra Banhart, Norah Jones, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, The Be Good Tanyas and Jolie Holland, Rowland S. Howard, Michael Weston King, Josh Ritter, Gillian Welch, Garth Brooks, Simon Joyner, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon, Laura Marling, Andrew Adkins and Frank Turner. Folk musician Shakey Graves has credited his fast-paced, rhythmic style of finger picked guitar playing partially to Van Zandt's influence.
In 1994, Israeli singer David Broza performed with Van Zandt during a Writers in the Round concert in Houston. When Van Zandt died, he left a shoe box full of unreleased poems and lyrics with a request that Broza set them to music. The resulting album was Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt.
In 2012, Van Zandt was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame.
In July 2012, Neurot Recordings released a three-way split album in tribute to Van Zandt, featuring Neurosis singer/guitarists Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till and doom/stoner metal legend Scott "Wino" Weinrich.
On June 18, 2015, Van Zandt was inducted into the second year's ceremony of the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame, along with Asleep at the Wheel, Loretta Lynn, Guy Clark and Flaco Jimenez. Gillian Welch inducted Van Zandt by telling stories about how he had come to her early gigs in Nashville and how he had bolstered her confidence in writing sad songs.
In 1983, six years after Emmylou Harris had first popularized it, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard covered his song "Pancho and Lefty", reaching number one on the Billboard country music chart. Much of Van Zandt’s life was spent touring various dive bars, often living in cheap motel rooms and backwoods cabins. For much of the 1970s, he lived in a simple shack without electricity or a phone.
His influence has been cited by countless artists across multiple genres, and his music has been recorded or performed by numerous artists, including Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Norah Jones, Emmylou Harris, The Counting Crows, Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen Jr., Nanci Griffith, Guy Clark, Wade Bowen, Gillian Welch, Pat Green and Natalie Maines.
He suffered from a series of drug addictions, alcoholism, and was given a psychiatric diagnosis of bipolar disorder. When he was young, the now-discredited insulin shock therapy erased much of his long-term memory.
Van Zandt died on New Years Day 1997 from cardiac arrythmia caused by health problems stemming from years of substance abuse. A revival of interest in Van Zandt occurred in the 2000s. During the decade, two books, a documentary film (Be Here to Love Me), and numerous magazine articles about the singer were written.
Born in Fort Worth into a wealthy family, Van Zandt was a third-great-grandson of Isaac Van Zandt (a prominent leader of the Republic of Texas) and a second great-nephew of Khleber Miller Van Zandt (a major in the Confederate army and one of the founders of Fort Worth). Van Zandt County in east Texas was named after his family in 1848.
Townes's parents were Harris Williams Van Zandt (1913–1966) and Dorothy Townes (1919–1983). He had two siblings, Bill and Donna (1941–2011). Harris was a corporate lawyer, and his career required the family to move several times during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1952, the family transplanted from Fort Worth to Midland, Texas, for six months before moving to Billings, Montana.
At Christmas in 1956, Townes's father gave him a guitar, which he practiced while wandering the countryside. He would later tell an interviewer that "watching Elvis Presley's October 28, 1956, performance on The Ed Sullivan Show was the starting point for me becoming a guitar player... I just thought that Elvis had all the money in the world, all the Cadillacs and all the girls, and all he did was play the guitar and sing. That made a big impression on me." In 1958 the family moved to Boulder, Colorado. Van Zandt would remember his time in Colorado fondly and would often visit it as an adult. He would later refer to Colorado in "My Proud Mountains", "Colorado Girl", and "Snowin' on Raton". Townes was a good student and active in team sports. In grade school, he received a high IQ score, and his parents began grooming him to become a lawyer or senator. Fearing that his family would move again, he willingly decided to attend the Shattuck School, in Faribault, Minnesota. He received a score of 1170 when he took the SAT in January 1962. His family soon moved to Houston, Texas.
The University of Colorado at Boulder accepted Van Zandt as a student in 1962. In the spring of his second year, his parents flew to Boulder to bring Townes back to Houston, apparently worried about his binge drinking and episodes of depression. They admitted him to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he was diagnosed with manic depression. He received three months of insulin shock therapy, which erased much of his long-term memory. Afterwards, his mother claimed her "biggest regret in life was that she had allowed that treatment to occur". In 1965, he was accepted into the University of Houston's pre-law program. Soon after he attempted to join the Air Force, but was rejected because of a doctor's diagnosis that labelled him "an acute manic-depressive who has made minimal adjustments to life". He quit school around 1967, having been inspired by his singer-songwriter heroes to pursue a career in playing music.
Van Zandt was addicted to heroin and alcohol throughout his adult life. At times he would become drunk on stage and forget the lyrics to his songs. At one point, his heroin habit was so intense that he offered Kevin Eggers the publishing rights to all of the songs on each of his first four albums for $20. At various points, his friends saw him shoot up not just heroin, but also cocaine, vodka, as well as a mixture of rum and Coke. On at least one occasion, he shot up heroin in the presence of his son J.T., who was only eight years old at the time.
As a result of Van Zandt's constant drinking, Harold Eggers, Kevin's brother, was hired on as his tour manager and 24-hour caretaker in 1976, a partnership that would last for the rest of the singer's life. Although the musician was many years older than he was, Eggers would later say that Van Zandt was his "first child." His battles with addiction led him to be admitted to rehab almost a dozen times throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Medical records from his time in recovery centers show that he believed his drinking had become a problem around 1973, and by 1982 he was drinking at least a pint of vodka daily. Doctors' notes reported: "He admits to hearing voices, mostly musical voices", and "Affect is blunted and mood is sad. Judgment and insight is impaired." At various points in his life, he was prescribed to take the antidepressant Zoloft and the mood stabilizer lithium. His final and longest period of sobriety during his adult life was a period of about a year in 1989 and 1990.
Van Zandt has been referred to as a cult musician and "a songwriter's songwriter." Musician Steve Earle, who met him in 1978 and considered Van Zandt a mentor, once called Van Zandt "the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that." The quote was printed on a sticker featured on the packing of At My Window, much to Van Zandt's displeasure. In the years following, the quote was often cited by the press, much to Van Zandt and Earle's embarrassment; in 2009, Earle told the New York Times, "Did I ever believe that Townes was better than Bob Dylan? No." But he concluded at the end of the same article that, "As a songwriter, you won't find anybody better." Earle has championed the songwriter on a number of occasions: his eldest son, Justin Townes Earle, also a musician, is named after Van Zandt. Earle wrote the song "Fort Worth Blues" as a tribute to the singer in the late 1990s, and in 2009 released an album titled Townes, which featured all covers of Van Zandt songs.
His Texas-grounded impact stretched farther than country. He has been cited as a source of inspiration by such notable artists as Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Guthrie Thomas, John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Chelsea Wolfe, Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, Cowboy Junkies, Vetiver, Guy Clark, Devendra Banhart, Norah Jones, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, The Be Good Tanyas and Jolie Holland, Rowland S. Howard, Michael Weston King, Josh Ritter, Gillian Welch, Garth Brooks, Simon Joyner, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon, Laura Marling, Andrew Adkins and Frank Turner. Folk musician Shakey Graves has credited his fast-paced, rhythmic style of finger picked guitar playing partially to Van Zandt's influence.
In 1994, Israeli singer David Broza performed with Van Zandt during a Writers in the Round concert in Houston. When Van Zandt died, he left a shoe box full of unreleased poems and lyrics with a request that Broza set them to music. The resulting album was Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt.
In 2012, Van Zandt was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame.
In July 2012, Neurot Recordings released a three-way split album in tribute to Van Zandt, featuring Neurosis singer/guitarists Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till and doom/stoner metal legend Scott "Wino" Weinrich.
On June 18, 2015, Van Zandt was inducted into the second year's ceremony of the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame, along with Asleep at the Wheel, Loretta Lynn, Guy Clark and Flaco Jimenez. Gillian Welch inducted Van Zandt by telling stories about how he had come to her early gigs in Nashville and how he had bolstered her confidence in writing sad songs.
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11. My Proud Mountains My home is Colorado With their proud mountains tall Where …
12-snowin on raton When the wind don't blow in Amarillo And the moon along Th…
A Song For Ribbons of love Please keep me true sane Until I reach home…
Ain't Leavin' Your Love Mister Gator he's a-glidin' down the bayou Mister Buzzard he…
All Your Young Servants You live on your hill so high and so lonely You…
Alone & Forsaken We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold The pastures …
Announcement A few announcements for the people who just came in The…
At My Window At my window watching the sun go hoping the stars know it's …
At My Window [ At my window Watching the sun go Hoping the stars know It…
Automobile Blues I seen you drivin' 'round In your brand new automobile I s…
Be Here to Love Me Your eyes seek conclusion in all this confusion of mine Thou…
Big Country Blues Em]I been up the Missis[Am]sippi to the [Em]Mani[Am]toba [Em…
Billy Well, Billy went down to the battleground To find a little…
Billy Boney and Ma Well, Billy went down to the battleground To find a little…
Black Crow Blues Babe, don't lie l[G]onesome after I'm [Am]gone Don't mourn…
Black Jack Mama Big blond mama, Lord Apartment 213 Where she moves like a …
Black Widow Blues I got a black widow spider for mama, Lord Got a…
Blaze's Blue I gotta guitar all my own I gotta quarter for the…
Blue Ridge Mountains My home is in the Blue Ridge mountains My home is…
Blue Wind Blew Blue wind's blown my dreams away My darling's flown and she'…
Brand New Companion I got a brand new companion Man, I'm gonna do my…
Brother Flower Brother Flower, are you listenin'? Let me sing a song for…
Brother Flower [ Brother Flower, are you listenin'? Let me sing a song for…
Buckskin Stallion I heard her sing in tongues of silver I heard her…
BW Railroad Blues I'm gonna lay my troubles on a railroad track I'm gonna…
Catfish Song Down at the bottom of that dirty ol' river Down where…
Chauffeur's Blues Won't you see my chauffeur Won't you sse my chauffeur I wa…
Cocaine Everytime my baby and me go up town police come and…
Cocaine Blues Cocaine, cocaine, 'Round my heart and runnin' 'round my bra…
Colorado Bound Well it's a mighty lonesome feelin' F …
Colorado Girl I'm goin' out to Denver See if I can't find I'm goin'…
Columbine Tossin' hair a-ravin' Eyes of flashin' blue All the livin' …
Come Tomorrow Could it be the season's changin' The winds of winter rearra…
Cowboy Junkie's Lament Baby hit the back door breathin' real heavy Said the boys…
Darcy Farrow Where the walker runs down to the Carson Valley Plain There…
Dead Flowers Well, when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered cha…
Delta Mama Blues Come away with me, My little delta boy I want to be…
Delta Moma Blues Come away with me, My little delta boy I want to be…
Delta Momma Blues Come away with me, my little delta boy I wanna be your…
Dollar Bill Blues If I had a dollar bill Yes, I believe I surely…
Don Snow don't fall On summers time Wind don't blow Below the se…
Don't Let The Sunshine Fool Ya Now, me and this friend named, Streetlife Brown We got a…
Don't Take It Too Bad By townes van zandt Don't you take it too bad If you're…
Don't You Take it Too Bad Don't you take it too bad If you're feelin' unlovin' If you'…
Dublin Blues I wish I was in Austin In a chilly parlor…
F.F.V. Well along come the ffv the swiftest on the line Running…
fare the well miss carousel The drunken clown's still hanging round But it plain the lau…
FFV Well along come the ffv the swiftest on the line Running…
Flyin Shoes Day's full of rain Sky's coming down again I get so tired Of…
Flying Shoes Day's full of rain Sky's coming down again I get so tired …
For The Sake of The Song Why does she sing Her sad songs for me I'm not the…
Forever For Always For Certain Forever ain't easy to come by For always ain't never to…
Fraternity Blues I decided to improve my social station I joined a fraternity…
Fraulein Far across the blue waters Lives an old German's daughter By…
German Mustard Ah, my baby come walking Walking nice and slow Like a Mo My…
Goin' Down to Memphis Goin' down to Memphis Maybe get my ashes hauled I can driv…
Gone Gone Blues Well, little darling she ain't mean me no harm You know,…
Gone Too Long I been gone too long Too long gone, too long I been…
Greensboro Woman Greensboro woman don't you smile on me I do not feel…
Gypsy Friday If a dream's enough to ease your hungry sorrow …
Heavenly Houseboat I'm building a houseboat in heaven To sail those deep and…
Heavenly Houseboat Blues I'm building a houseboat in heaven To sail those deep and…
Hey Willie Boy Hey Willie boy what you gonna do when the wind blows…
Hey Willy Boy Hey Willie boy, what you gonna do? When the wind blows…
High And Low And In-Between I come from a long line High and low and in…
High Low + In Between I come from a long line high and low and in…
High Low and In Between I come from a long line High and low and in…
Highway Kind My days, they are the highway kind They only come to…
Hole The old woman finally caught me Sneakin' 'round her cave Her…
Honky Tonkin' And if your baby leaves you And you got no place…
Hunger Child Blues Well, some have called me hunger's child Some have turned aw…
I Well, if I needed you Would you come to me Would you…
I'll Be Here In the Morning There's no stronger wind than the one that blows Down a…
If I Need You Well, if I needed you Would you come to me Would you…
If I Needed You Well, if I needed you Would you come to me Would you…
If I Needed You [ Well, if I needed you Would you come to me Would you…
If I Was Washington If I was Washington valleys would I forge for If I was…
Ill Be Here In the Morning There's no stronger wind than the one that blows Down a…
Ira Hayes Ira Hayes, Ira Hayes CHORUS: Call him drunken Ira Hayes…
I’Ll Be Here In The Morning There's no stronger wind than the one that blows Down a…
Kathleen It's plain to see, the sun won't shine today But I…
Katie Belle Blue There is no deeper blue In the ocean that lies As deep…
Katie Belle Blues There is no deeper blue In the ocean that lies As deep…
Like A Summer Thursday Her face was crystal Fair and fine Her breath was morning He…
Like a Summer's Thursday By townes van zandt Her face was crystal Fair and fine …
Little Sundance When I'm with you, babe, I just can't be lonely When I'm…
Little Sundance #2 When I'm with you, babe, I just can't be lonely When I'm…
Loretta Oh Loretta she's a barroom girl Wears them sevens on her…
Lost Highway I'm a rollin stone all alone and lost For a life…
Lover's Lullaby Dreams that have flown down the hall Tears that were sown…
Lungs Won't you lend your lungs to me? Mine are collapsing Plant m…
Many A Fine Lady [Chorus:] It's many a fine lady has laid down beside me With…
Maria Well, the diamonds fades quickly when matched to the face…
Marie I stood in line and left my name Took about six…
Marie [ I stood in line and left my name Took about six…
Maryetta Well, she stands all alone with her sorrow Like a bird…
Mr Mudd and Mr Gold Well the wicked king of clubs awoke And it was to…
Mr. Gold and Mr. Mud The wicked king of clubs awoke It was to his queen…
Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold Well the wicked king of clubs awoke And it was to…
My Proud Mountains My home is Colorado With their proud mountains tall Where th…
My Starter Won't Start My starter won't start this mornin' And I'm about to lose…
Niles River Blues On the banks of the Niles I courted my love I…
Nine Pound Hammer This nine pound hammer, Is a little too heavy, For my side,…
No Deal Now this man down at the used car lot Tried to…
No Lonesome Tune I ain't gonna sing no lonesome tune Ah, babe, I'm a-commin'…
No Place To Fall If I had no place to fall And I needed to Could…
None But the Rain We had our day but now it's over We had our…
Nothin' Hey mama, when you leave Don't leave a thing behind I don't…
Old Shep When I was a lad and Old Shep was a…
Only Him or Me Don't go saying I'm leaving you Thinking I never got close…
Our Mother The Mountain My lover comes to me with a rose on her…
Pancho Living on the road my friend Is gonna keep you free…
Pancho & Lefty Living on the road my friend, Is gonna keep you free…
Pancho And Lefty Living on the road my friend Is gonna keep you free…
Poncho Living on the road my friend, Is gonna keep you free…
Pueblo Waltz Sunrise comes and I don't know why Living loves and the…
Quicksilver Daydreams of Maria Well, the diamonds fades quickly when matched to the face…
Railroad Blues I'm gonna lay my troubles on a railroad track I'm gonna…
Rake I used to wake and run with the moon I lived…
Rex's Blues Ride the blue wind high and free She'll lead you down…
Sad Cinderella When the bandits have stolen your jewelry and gone and your…
Saint John The Gambler When she had twenty years she turned to her mother Saying…
Sanitarium Blues The folks - they just can't take no more Throw you…
Second Lover Song You're wakin' next to me Tears splash across the sun You whi…
She Came and She Touched Me She came and she touched me With hands made of heaven Refl…
Short Haired Woman Blues I don't want no wom', If her hair it ain't no…
Shrimp Song I saw three shrimp in the water, two were old…
Silver Ships of Andilar Of those that sailed the silver ships From Andilar I am…
Sixteen Summers Fifteen Falls Let me tell you a story 'bout a girl I…
Sky Blue Blues keep falling down on me Like rain upon a summer…
Snake Mountain Blues Mr ten dollar man Let me tell where you're bound Drink your…
Snake Song You can't hold me I'm too slippery I do no sleepin' I get…
Snow Don't Fall Snow don't fall On summers time Wind don't blow Below the se…
Snowin' On Raton When the wind don't blow in Amarillo And the moon along The…
Snowing on Raton When the wind don't blow in Amarillo And the moon along Th…
Song For Ribbons of love Please keep me true sane Until I reach hom…
Squash Headin' from El Paso Ridin' down the highway Look out my win…
St. John and the Gambler When she had twenty years she turned to her mother Saying…
Standin' I'm standin' with my bowed head down now That ain't right…
Still Lookin' For You Ain't much I ain't tried Fast livin' slow suicide Then a-r…
Stopping Off Place Well the fog′s rollin' thick in the trees And the fire…
Talkin' Karate Blues by Townes Van Zandt Well, I ain't very big for twentyone …
Talking KKK Blues Among the strangest things I ever heard Was when a friend…
Talking Thunderbird Wine Blues By townes van zandt Among the strangest things I ever hea…
Tecumseh The name she gave was Caroline The daughter of a miner Wel…
Tecumseh Valley The name she gave was Caroline Daughter of a miner Her ways…
Tecumseh Vylley Well, the name she gave was Caroline The daughter of a…
Texas River Song We crossed the wild Pecos We forded the Nueces We swum the…
The Catfish Song Down at the bottom of that dirty ol' river Down where…
The Highway Kind My days, they are the highway kind They only come to…
The Hole The old woman finally caught me Sneakin' 'round her cave Her…
The Snake Song You can't hold me I'm too slippery I do no sleepin' I get…
The Spider Song There is a spider in my dreams long and silent is…
the Velvet Voices By Townes Van Zandt I'll play upon my violin Until the mount…
Thunderbird Wine By townes van zandt Among the strangest things I ever hea…
To Live Is To Fly Won't say I love you, babe Won't say I need you,…
To Live's To Fly By townes van zandt Won't say I love you, babe, Won't sa…
Tower Song So close and yet so far away And all the things…
Turnstyled Junkpiled Well, I've been turn-styled Junk-piled And railroaded too I'…
Turnstyled, Junkpiled By townes van zandt Well, I've been turnstyled, Junkpiled A…
Two Girls Well, the clouds didn't look like cotton They didn't even lo…
Two Hands I got two hands I want to clap my hands together I…
Upon My Soul Be my staple and my stay Jesus help through each day As…
Wabash Cannonball Well, listen to the rumble, the rattle, and the roar…
Waitin' 'Round To Die Sometimes I don't know where This dirty road is taking me So…
Waitin' for the Day Well, I no longer can recall …
Waitin' Round to Die Sometimes I don't know where This dirty road is taking me So…
Waiting 'Round to Die Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking…
Waiting Around To Die Sometimes I don't know where This dirty road is taking me So…
When He Offers His Hand When he offers his hand Don't you turn him away He can…
When She Don't Need Me When she don't need me It makes me crazy She say rest…
When Your Dream Lovers Die When your sky starts to tumble and your rhymes starts…
Where I Lead Me Where I lead me I will travel Where I need me…
White Freight Liner By townes van zandt I'm goin out on the highway Listen t…
White Freight Liner Blues I'm goin' out on the highway Listen to them big trucks…
Who Do You Love I never know, what you're gonna do You're always so far…
Why She Like silent she stands like laughter she falls from a cast…
Willie Boy Hey Willy boy what you gonna do When the wind blows…
Wreck on the Highway Last night I was out driving Coming home at the end…
You Are Not Needed Now Well, the birds were talking all at once And the old…
You Win Again The news is out all over town That you've been seen…