Snake Mountain Blues Lyrics by Townes Van Zandt

Snake Mountain Blues Lyrics

    By townes van zandt

    Mr ten dollar man
    Let me tell where you're bound
    Drink your green liqour, lord
    You'll roll to the ground
    But you come around here
    With your money in your hand
    Taste of my woman
    Well, you die where you stand


    Snake mountain blues
    Got me down low
    I could die in the morning
    But noone would know
    When my woman come around
    My body she'd find
    Go down to dundee
    Have her a time


    Snake mountain gonna crumble
    And fall from the sky
    Before that woman of mine
    Stops tellin' her lies
    If i'd die, lord, she'd weep
    She'd weep and she'd mourn
    Soon as i's buried
    Forget i'd been born


    Love of blackskin woman
    She won't do you no wrong
    Slow to start moaning
    She don't moan for long
    Yellow headed woman
    Brings nothing but pain
    Take all you give her
    She leaves only shame


    My daddy, lord, he rides
    On a long holy train
    First winds of winter
    I see him again
    In this farewell to this
    Yellow headed misery i've known
    Snake mountain's calling
    Calling me home


    Snake mountain blues
    Got me down low
    I could die in the morning
    But noone would know
    When my woman come around
    My body she'd find
    Go down to dundee
    Have her a time


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