Waitin' around to die _ Townes Van Zandt

First release on audio album 'For the Sake of the Song' (1968) Jack Clement produced this one ;-)

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[Joeyland]

There's the "blues"

there's dark

there's depressing

and then there's hopelessness, thats Townes

[equalsCrazyDelicious]

"I think my life'll run out before my work does, you know? I've designed it that way."

--Townes Van Zandt

[satoffee]

Pure genius as a songwriter. As a role model for the kids, I don't think so!

[Robert Haigh]

Achingly sad and achingly beautiful in equal measure! I love Townes' music.

[Shawan Otaibi]

Breaking Bad Season 2

[joel caine]

i understand her howl.

[pinchold pinch]

too bleak and grim for my depression

[FenderJunki]

"His name is codeine, he's the nicest thing i've seen" Oh how true those words are

[MrWallow7]

Chelsea Wolfe <3 (the understander will understand)

[ladaddyboy]

Love this song !

[skyislandaz]

:His name is codeine, he's the nicest thing I've ever seen. We're gonna wait around around and die."

As a former heroin addict, I can murkily recall how he must have felt when he wrote this..., however, I can only hope he managed to heal himself, as I did, and,move on from there.

However, try as I may, I will never write music so clearly, so succinctly, as he did then.