Townes

And now the world's on fire
And we are all alone
We sleep in strange desire
Failings all our own
You heard the words and songs
You pulled them from the air
You heard the whiskey fire
And stroked your needle fair

Like Townes did, like Townes did
Drank himself to the ground
Like Townes will, like Townes did
Will I drink myself to the ground?
And Townes will, Townes will
Put flowers on my grave

And now the world is quiet
And water turns to dust
I sleep in weak desire
And legends turned to rust
You had the words and songs
And you were all alone
You had the notes go wrong
And hands that turned to stone

You walked down to the old tar road
You left your skinny, skinny ghost
You walked down to the whiskey road
You left your skinny, skinny ghost

And Townes did, Townes did
Drink himself to the ground
Like Townes did, like Townes did
Will I drink myself to the ground?
And Townes will, and Townes will
Put flowers n my grave
For making the same mistake