Townes Van Zandt

I'm just a bird on an electric wire
Dodging the jolts of my desire
Hoping that they don't knock me off my ledge
One wrong step could set me on fire
Try to hold on, but I'm far too tired
Send me flying and fall right on my head

You're just a drunk, quarter after two
Waiting for someone to come and save you
But you told me all your heroes are dead
So let me be the one to try and save you
Get a bottle of knockoff Zoloft for two
Stop your crying and hold your shaking head

We could go back to your sister's old room
No one but us two and a six pack of Blue Moon
We could go outside the chapel where you first asked
But darling, we both know
We're going nowhere fast

Today I spoke to Lefty and Poncho
Who say they know you'll love it in Colorado
And Townes Van Zandt told me you're my man
So tell me babe, why do you have to go
Sit back down and hold my trembling hand

We could go back to that town we went to in June
Nothing but hours to kill 'til that show that's starting soon
We could go under that tree where I first asked
But honey, we both know
We're going nowhere fast

You started using the kind of words that hurt
And when you apologize, I swear it's almost worse
I can't stand us talking to each other this way
And we both know how this is gonna go
I'm gonna run and you just won't show
And there will come a time when we have nothing more to say

But we could go back to your hammock at the high school
No thoughts but us two on some lazy afternoon
We could go where it's not so overcast
But come on, we both know
We're going nowhere fast