Don't let the Sunshine Fool Ya'

Guy Clark / Townes Van Zandt: The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (1972)

	B
	Me and this friend named Streetlife Brown -

	A	E
We got a	bottle of red and	walked uptown.

	B
One	hand on the jug and one on time -

	A	E
He said "I	bet you a dollar against	this next line." - I said:

Oh, advice is fine if you got a mind

To listen to the end that's got the time.

But the muse'll get you if you don't watch out

She's equipped to know what it's all about:

Oh, Fanon street in the afternoon's

An easy way to get out of tune.

But the hard soap salesman, he said: "No dice."

When I asked politely for a better price, and said:

Well here's a song for you, child of mine,

I hope you make it through this time.

Get yourself a piece of that rainbow pie,

No reason in the world that you can't get by: