Townes Van Zandt - Highway Kind

Lyrics:

My days, they are the highway kind
They only come to leave
But the leavin I dont mind
Its the comin that I crave.
Pour the sun upon the ground
Stand to throw a shadow
Watch it grow into a night
And fill the spinnin sky.

Time among the pine trees
It felt like breath of air
Usually I just walk these streets
And tell myself to care.
Sometimes I believe me
And sometimes I dont hear.
Sometimes the shape Im in
Wont let me go.

Well, I dont know too much for true
But my heart knows how to pound
My legs know how to love someone
My voice knows how to sound.
Shame that its not enough
Shame that it is a shame.
Follow the circle down
Where would you be?

Youre the only one I want now
I never heard your name.
Lets hope we meet some day
If we dont its all the same.
Ill meet the ones between us,
And be thinkin bout you
And all the places I have seen
And why you where not there.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Townes
• country
• blues
• van
• Zandt
• Steve
• Earle

[coolanddark]

Pure geniousness. Townes songs have a way of sneaking up on you and biting you in the azz. This one I brushed off originally. Now its one of my favs. Great video work to go along with this poetic folk ballad.

[Tharix88]

Nobody better than townes. Song goes right through my heart

[deuce2650]

I just heard this song tonight and I think it's my favorite. I've been thinking about time a lot recently and it's like this song just dipped a cold finger into those thoughts

[fractuss]

@midnight1963 Yes this verse is real writing, maybe my favorite of Townes'. He was able to put into words something that nearly everyone on Earth feels. A rare thing.

[mobman121]

@wheelmanstan lyle couldn't hold townes @#$@

[wheelmanstan]

lyle lovetts veriosn will make you cry

[dekoffer]

@Tharix88 that is the truth. Struck me like a thousand pound hammer first time I heard it.

[writersblock26]

Thank you for posting this, Tankard1990.

[midnight1963]

my favorite verse ... (i think of it so often)

"your the only one i want and i've never heard your name, let's hope we meet someday ... if we don't it's all the same ... and i'll meet the ones between us and be thinking 'bout you ... and all the places i have been ... and why you were not there."

simply profound and overwhelming

[coolanddark]

GREAT SONG!! Nice video!!

[steele917]

thanks from the bottom of my heart. Your posting this continues Townes work...or helps help along his goal of Touching a soul...with is efforts...his words though they seem few speak volumes. He did not squander lyrics...leaves no doubt in mind why they said he was tested and considered a genious.that's fine, but they didn't have a test for his HEART...and we all know now how much that contributed to his giving...