Uploaded by andrijadragon on Dec 7, 2009
amazing song from his first album 'for the sake of the song' in 1968, with an Ennio Morricone spaghetti western feel
Let me tell you a story 'bout a girl I knew
fair of skin with eyes of blue
I swear to the Lord that I loved her true
it's a year now she's been gone
Her spirit was as bright as the soft sunshine
lips the color strawberry wine
I wish to God she still was mine
The chance won't come again
After first we lay in love's sweet bed
with one look at her eyes I might have read
all the pain that was flying through her head
through my guilt I could not see
I turned to her when the morning came
hungry thoughts racing through my brain
but the knife in her heart screamed herself she'd slain
and a note whispered love too soon
Her old man screamed and her mother cried
all I could do was to wonder why
a girl in her youth was forced to die
is loving such a crime
She died few in the years her breasts still small
seeing sixteens summers and fifteen falls
me in my blindness never realized all
the fear she kept inside
Let me tell you a story 'bout a girl I knew
fair of skin with eyes of blue
I swear to the Lord that I loved her true
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I LOVE the whole "the good the bad the ugly" type sound. Man this is awesome. The man was and is the best of the best, period.
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@Bandit4Pabst I agree!
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Thank you for posting this, andrijadragon.
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My dad had this album. Some great songs on it.
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andrijadragon thank you for this song. Townes Van Zandt was great. His music is just amazing and he sings like he pains. Thanks Townes wherever you are.
Michalis from Greece
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If it's not...Should have been in one of the westerns of the time
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Wow! Always good to hear some van Zandt that I haven't heard before...
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Great Song, Great Songwriter, "And i'll stand on Bob Dylans Coffee Table And Say That"
Bandit4Pabst 9 months ago 6
The song touches as ever a song can touch. There is only one other song that has this power over me, Tecumseh Valley.
Bundesschatzbrief 1 year ago