Lungs

Well, won't you lend your lungs to me?

Mine are collapsin'

Plant my feet and bitterly breathe

Up the time that's passin'

Breath I'll take and breath I'll give

And pray the day is not poisoned

Stand among the ones that live

In lonely indecision

Well, fingers walk the darkness down

Mind is on the midnight

Gather up the gold you've found

You fool it's only moonlight

If you try to take it home

Your hands will turn to butter

You better leave this dream alone

Try to find another

Salvation sat and crossed herself

Called the devil partner

Wisdom burned upon a shelf

Who'll kill the raging cancer

Seal the river at its mouth

Take the water prisoner

Fill the sky with screams and cries

Bathe in fiery answers

And I for one, and you for two

Ain't got the time for outside

Keep your injured looks to you

We'll tell the world that we tried

Townes Van Zandt

Nothin'

 Hey mama, when you leave

Don't leave a thing behind

I don't want nothin'

I can't use nothin'

Take care into the hall

And if you see my friends

Tell them I'm fine

Not using nothin'

Almost burned out my eyes

Threw my ears down to the floor

I didn't see nothin'

I didn't hear nothin'

I stood there like a block of stone

Knowin' all I had to know

And nothin' more

Man, that's nothin'

As brothers our troubles are

Locked in each others arms

And you better pray

They never find you

Your back ain't strong enough

For burdens doublefold

They'd crush you down

Down into nothin'

Being born is going blind

And buying down a thousand times

To echoes strung

On pure temptation

Sorrow and solitude

These are the precious things

And the only words

That are worth rememberin'

Townes Van Zandt